Once released, they’ve been running small-scale scam operations from apartments and office buildings in cities across China, often exclusively targeting foreign victims. China has previously warned Cambodia that scam centres are a strain on ties. (Photo supplied)The commission said hard data on the number of “foreigner butchering” operations was hard to ascertain, but cases were clearly increasing. “While there have been at least 40 legal cases involving foreigner butchering operations inside of China in recent years, these likely represent only a small fraction of the scale of the problem,” the report said. Cambodia does “not have the capacity to get after these incredibly sophisticated scam centres,” Kuiken said.

Source: Bangkok Post March 25, 2026 07:18 UTC