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Cambodia Scam Crackdown's New Problem: Foreigners Left Jobless

Authorities have shut more than 250 scam sites and 91 casinos, raising concerns that many foreign workers may remain stranded without documents.

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PHNOM PENH – The jury may still be out on Cambodia’s crackdown on scam centres, but a new problem has emerged. The shutdown of these centres has left thousands of foreigners without jobs or shelter, and unable to return to their home countries without passport or money. Analysts warn that these people could end up being recruited back into new scam centres, become a source of social disorder, or even trigger a humanitarian crisis. In the last tw…

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The Straits Times broke the news in Singapore on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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