Call centre clampdown nets 94

Cooperation along with Cambodian cops sees raids across country

Cambodian authorities have deported 94 Thais who worked or conspired with call centre gangs in Phnom Penh back to Thailand to face justice, say police.

Following a joint operation by the Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) and Cambodian authorities to track down call centre gangs, 94 Thais were rounded up plus deported from the Cambodian capital to Aranyaprathet district in Social fear Kaeo yesterday.

The group acquired all worked in the call centre within Phnom Penh along with 74 of them facing arrest warrants issued by the PCT.

All have been charged under different Cambodian laws just before being deported to face further charges at home.

Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, deputy national law enforcement chief and director of the PCT, acquired assigned PCT officers, immigration police plus provincial police region 2 to receive the particular 94 deportees in the border district.

According to the law enforcement, the group was associated with four call center gangs and some of the deportees are top members working for Taiwanese kingpins.

The PCT said the police will look in to the case and file legal action exactly where appropriate.

The statement additional that the Thai accomplices will be sent to the neighborhood police stations that issued the arrest warrants in Tha Mai and Muang Chanthaburi in Chanthaburi province, as well as Phahon Yothin and Boom Khen stations within Bangkok.

Pol Maj Style Pantana Nudchanad, mind of the PCT Procedure Team 1, mentioned there were 491 reports of people scammed simply by call centre gangs in July, a substantial drop from the 965 cases recorded within June.

“The arrest of call centre gangs has been made a priority by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

“It is a criminal offense that heavily affects people’s lives. Right now we are working with Cambodian police to share details about the criminals, inch said Pol Maj Gen Pantana.

He additional the gangs are always changing their techniques to stay ahead of sufferers and the police.

However , the particular PCT has supervised and analysed all the methods they use to make these arrests.

The latest raids on call centre gangs in Cambodia took place in 4 locations. First has been Jing Chung Resort in Preah Sihanouk province.

Twenty-one suspects had been arrested for an online-dating scheme orchestrated to lure victims in to bogus investments.

The second place was a five-storey building in the same province. Police arrested 18 suspects based in an IT-related business producing scam calls in order to Thailand to swindle money.

A further 10 suspects were arrested within Preah Sihanouk province on suspicion of committing loan fraud in another illegally run business.

Finally, within Poipet in Banteay Meanchey province, law enforcement captured 25 suspects who had presented as employees of DHL Express delivery company to fool their victims.

Some furthermore claimed they were authorities from Thailand’s Nationwide Broadcasting and Telecoms Commission (NBTC).