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'Insane scale': A close-up look at scam compounds along Cambodia's border with Vietnam
'Insane scale': A close-up look at scam compounds along Cambodia's border with Vietnam In the second of a two-part series that looks into scam operations in Cambodia, CNA travels along the country’s eastern border with Vietnam, where new roads, casino zones and guarded compounds have transformed agricultural land into a frontier for online scams. PHNOM PENH: It is a chaotic and dusty artery that links Cambodia to Vietnam through the frontier town of Bavet. Dozens of workers pack into the...
Cambodia begins UN process to resolve maritime dispute with Thailand
Cambodia begins UN process to resolve maritime dispute with Thailand The move by Cambodia to begin the mediation process follows Thailand's cancellation last month of a 2001 bilateral agreement on overlapping maritime claims and energy exploration. Cambodia initiated a United Nations-backed dispute resolution process on Tuesday (Jun 2) with neighbour Thailand over overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand where undersea energy reserves are valued at around US$300 billion. The...
Thailand to appoint conciliators for UN-backed mediation with Cambodia, foreign minister says
Thailand to appoint conciliators for UN-backed mediation with Cambodia, foreign minister says BANGKOK: Thailand will appoint two conciliators and join a little-used United Nations arbitration process that Cambodia has invoked to help resolve a long-running maritime boundary dispute between the neighbours, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said on Friday (Jun 5). Cambodia said on Tuesday it had launched a compulsory conciliation process under the United Nations Convention on the Law...
Thailand ready for UN mediation on maritime dispute with Cambodia
Thailand ready for UN mediation on maritime dispute with Cambodia BANGKOK: Thailand is "fully prepared" to engage in UN-backed mediation initiated by Cambodia over disputed maritime claims, the foreign minister said on Wednesday (Jun 3), while pledging to safeguard national interests. Neighbouring Cambodia said on Tuesday it had started the dispute resolution process under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) over disputed areas in the Gulf of Thailand, where undersea...
Raids, stranded victims and new criminal tactics - inside Cambodia’s fight against scam centres
Raids, stranded victims and new criminal tactics - inside Cambodia’s fight against scam centres Cambodia says it is carrying out its toughest crackdown yet on online scam centres, with hundreds of facilities targeted. In the first of a two-part series, CNA goes on the ground to find victims stranded and signs of operations shifting into smaller urban sites, while experts warn that the criminal networks behind the industry remain deeply embedded. Abdul’s plan was to teach English in a Bangkok...
Filipino on trial for being part of Cambodia scam syndicate says she travelled there for an office job, wanted to return home
Filipino on trial for being part of Cambodia scam syndicate says she travelled there for an office job, wanted to return home The 35-year-old woman is accused of belonging to a criminal group in Phnom Penh and of conspiring to cheat people in Singapore via government official impersonation scams. SINGAPORE: A woman on trial for being part of a scam syndicate in Cambodia targeting victims in Singapore had gone there for a job and never wanted to be a scammer, the defence said on Thursday (Jun...
Details of Cambodia scam centre targeting Singapore victims emerge at woman's trial
Details of Cambodia scam centre targeting Singapore victims emerge at woman's trial De Villar Rizalyn Panganiban, a Filipina, is accused of being part of a scam syndicate that targeted victims in Singapore through a three-level scheme that tricked them into thinking their bank accounts had been compromised. SINGAPORE: Details of how a Cambodia-based scam syndicate allegedly targeted victims in Singapore through a three-level scheme emerged in court on Wednesday (Jun 3), as a woman went on...
Cambodia’s ‘performative’ crackdowns fail to stop scam centres: Amnesty
Cambodia’s ‘performative’ crackdowns fail to stop scam centres: Amnesty The rights group said it identified 86 scam compounds operating across Cambodia as of April, up from 53 a year earlier That contrasts with official statements that authorities had taken action against more than 250 scam centres nationwide. The findings cast doubt on government assertions that the industry had been significantly weakened. Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith said in February that online scam activity had been...
Thailand to join UN maritime arbitration with Cambodia
Thailand said on Friday it will join a UN arbitration process chosen by Cambodia to resolve a festering maritime boundary dispute, but put on hold for now other two-way efforts to settle their contested borders. This week Cambodia launched a compulsory conciliation process under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), after Bangkok decided last month to unilaterally end a 2001 framework pact for talks on a disputed maritime belt. For more than 25 years, both have...
Cambodia starts UN-backed process to settle maritime dispute with Thailand
Cambodia said on Tuesday it had launched a compulsory conciliation process under international law aimed at resolving a long-running maritime boundary dispute with Thailand and had informed the United Nations and Bangkok. The move follows a Thai government decision last month to unilaterally terminate a 2001 agreement with Cambodia that provided a framework for negotiations over the disputed area in the Gulf of Thailand where the two countries’ maritime claims overlap. “We have taken this...