Cambodia’s 2,000+ Arrests: Scam Compounds in Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh Raided Simultaneously

Cambodia’s 2,000+ Arrests: Scam Compounds in Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh Raided Simultaneously
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More than 2,000 people were detained as Cambodian authorities launched one of the largest coordinated anti-scam crackdowns in Southeast Asia, targeting scam compounds in Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh simultaneously. Dozens of buildings were secured within hours, cutting off escape routes that had allowed similar networks to relocate in the past.
According to reporting by Khmer Times, Channel News Asia, and The Guardian, the raids focused on large-scale scam operations allegedly linked to online fraud, cross-border criminal networks, and tightly controlled compounds operating for years behind private security and layered leasing structures.
This documentary-style investigation examines how these scam compounds expanded across Cambodia, why earlier crackdowns failed to dismantle them, and what changed to make a synchronized operation of this scale possible. It also explores the aftermath — from legal uncertainty and detention challenges to the broader question of whether this operation dismantled a system or simply forced it into the open.


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