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  "id": 3976230,
  "title": "Cambodia shuts over 700 cyberscam locations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/cambodia-shuts-over-700-cyberscam-locations-3976230",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T13:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/28/cambodia-shuts-over-700-cyberscam-locations"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cambodian authorities have taken action against over 700 cybercrime locations and deported 58,266 foreign nationals in the past year, according to a government statement released on Friday. The crackdown targeted online scam centers, primarily involved in fake romantic relationship schemes and cryptocurrency investment scams, which have become a hub for crime syndicates in the country. Authorities reported detaining nearly 30,000 suspects, including 15 high-ranking officials and law enforcement officers, over the past year.\n\nThe Southeast Asian nation acknowledged that while large-scale sites have been cleared, criminal groups have adapted their tactics to decentralized, small-scale operations, hiding in various locations such as guesthouses, condominiums, rental houses, vehicles, and coffee shops. Notable extraditions include Chen Zhi, the Chinese-born chairman of the multi-billion-dollar Cambodian conglomerate Prince Holding Group, and Li Xiong, the Chinese-born former chairman of Huione Group. Li is accused by Beijing of playing a key role in a major transnational gambling and fraud syndicate.",
  "summary": "The Southeast Asian country has emerged as a hub for crime syndicates running fake romance and cryptocurrency investment scams that defraud internet users worldwide.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Cambodia shuts over 700 cyberscam locations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/cambodia-shuts-over-700-cyberscam-locations",
        "published": "2026-08-28T13:12:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Cambodia shuts over 700 cyberscam locations over past year, government says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/cambodia-shuts-over-700-cyberscam-locations-over-past-year-government",
        "published": "2026-08-28T14:20:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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