Cambodia’s anti-scam agency has released details of its action against suspect casino locations, revealing it has now annulled the licences of 18 casinos nationwide and suspended those of nine more pending further investigation.
According to The Phnom Penh Post, the action by the Secretariat of the Commission for Combating Technology-enabled Scams (CCTC) – an agency formed last year specifically to target the country’s growing scam compound problem – have formed part of a campaign that has to date eradicated online scam activities at more than 600 locations.
The 18 casinos in question are KMH Paradise Tower Casino and Hotel, Eagle King Casino, Orchid Hotel and Rich Casino, Shanghai Resort, Golden Galaxy Casino, Le Zheng Casino, Golden Fortune Resort World Casino, Casino Me, Jin Pei Group, Jin Pei, Zhonghewei Golden Sen International Entertainment Casino, GC Casino, Da Jin Kang Casino & Hotel, Gan Dao, Ying Hong Casino, Jin Pei Bun Casino, Sin Kaew Pik Casino and Jin Yu Men Tang Casino.
Chhay Sinarith, Senior Minister in Charge of Special Missions, Deputy Permanent Secretary and Head of the Commission for Combatting Online Scams (COCC), explained that the CCTC had been working closely with Cambodia’s gaming regulator – the Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia (CGMC), and other authorities to monitor casinos suspected of online scam activities.
He noted that the group has the power to freeze and confiscate assets belonging to the owners of suspect casino sites or shareholders of the casino companies involved in online scams.
The proliferation of scam centers operating out of Cambodia has attracted significant international attention, with human rights group Amnesty International earlier this year accusing Cambodia of renewing the licenses of 12 Cambodian casinos despite alleged evidence of severe human rights abuses having taken place within their confines.
In response, the Cambodian government recently designated the combat of such scams as a top priority.
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