During the nine-month period from July 2025 to March 2026, Cambodian authorities report breaking up 250 cases of technology-based fraud. Approximately 750 suspects were sent to court to face charges in 80 cases.
Prime Minister Hun Manet has previously stated the government’s intention to eradicate all such crimes from Cambodian territory by the upcoming Khmer New Year festival.
The latest figures were presented by Chhay Sinarith, Senior Minister in charge of Special Missions and standing vice-chairman of the task force for combating technology-based fraud, to the members of the Senate and National Assembly (NA) during the “Cleaning Up Online Scams in Cambodia” meeting, held today, April 1.
Sinarith noted that during nationwide cleanup operations over the past nine months, 11,000 foreigners — including Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Burmese, Pakistani and Thai nationals — were deported. Authorities have inspected more than 10,000 suspect locations across various provinces and the capital, where approximately 80,000 foreigners of 78 different nationalities were residing.
He claimed that online scam groups no longer congregate in casinos or large buildings as they once did, as crackdown efforts have dismantled these criminal hubs.
“The remaining groups have fled from the authorities by splitting into small groups to operate covertly in gated communities (boreys), townhouses or condos. They are attempting to blend in with the general public to evade capture by the authorities,” Sinarith explained.
The NA approved the draft Law on Technology Offenses (Cybercrime Law) on March 30, with the law scheduled to pass through the Senate on April 3.
“The Royal Government of Cambodia is confident that once this law is promulgated and implemented, it will play a vital role in ensuring that technology-based fraud does not return to Cambodia,” he said.
Thon Vathana, second vice-president of the Senate, expressed support for the government’s past actions in cracking down on online scams in Cambodia, noting that these efforts have been recognised internationally.
He believed that the current campaign to clean up online scams has restored the Kingdom’s reputation after it suffered severe damage due to foreign criminal groups using Cambodian territory to commit these crimes.
Vathana reiterated that Cambodia, like many other countries around the world, is a victim of the online scam problem.