Thailand authorities have arrested 100 nationals for involvement in a Cambodia-based transnational scam operation.

Thailand will seek discussions with Cambodia about the fire that gutted the Tri Muk Pavilion near the Thai-Cambodian border in Ubon Ratchathani province last Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesdsay.

The crackdown is widening against scam centers responsible for using the internet to contact potential victims and carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia

UN estimates hundreds of thousands of people are trapped inside the compounds after falling victim to online crypto and romance cons

Arrest warrants were also issued for two Chinese nationals who were alleged “gang leaders”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thai officials say that scamming syndicates displaced by crackdowns in eastern Myanmar are relocating to the Thailand-Cambodia border area.

Thai authorities have deployed over 100 police officers to conduct in-depth investigations. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thailand is considering building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to tackle illegal crossings, particularly by gangsters involved in online scam centers and drug smugglers, a government spokesman said on Monday.

Thailand and Cambodia share a border of 508 miles. The Thai defence ministry has previously proposed a wall to block off a 34 mile natural crossing between Thailand's Sa Kaeo province and Poipet, which at present is only protected by razor wire.

Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said on Monday, as a multi-national effort to dismantle a sprawling network of illicit scam centres mounts.

The crackdown is widening against scam centres responsible for carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia, especially those on Thailand’s porous borders with Myanmar and Cambodia, where hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs in recent years, according to the United Nations.

The crackdown is widening against scam centres responsible for carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia, especially those on Thailand's porous borders with Myanmar and Cambodia, where hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs in recent years,