Vietnamese police arrested three people, including a Norwegian citizen and an Australian national of Vietnamese origin, accusing them of terrorism. Pro-democracy group Viet Tan alleges the individuals were abducted in Cambodia and forcibly taken to Vietnam.
Cambodia's parliament passed the Law on Anti-Technology Fraud introducing five new offenses aimed at rooting out online and crypto scam operations, with penalties up to life in prison for those running scam compounds behind billions in crypto fraud.
The UK government has sanctioned Chinese-language crypto marketplace Xinbi for selling stolen personal data to fraudsters operating from scam compounds in Southeast Asia. The action targets financial infrastructure supporting organized fraud operations.
