# Cambodia scam crackdown drives cybercrime networks worldwide: Expert

https://mins.news/en/video/70402

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-23 10:04 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cgIOloTN0A

> Cambodia says it has closed 800 suspected online scam sites, but criminal networks may have relocated rather than disappeared. Jason Tower of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime said cyber-scams had become a major part of Cambodia’s economy by 2023, describing the closures as a “mass clearance operation” rather than a dismantling of the industry.

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