scam centres
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Sri Lanka arrests 37 Chinese nationals in suspected scam centre raid
Sri Lankan police arrested 37 Chinese nationals in a suburb of Colombo after raiding a suspected scam centre, seizing phones, tablets and SIM cards. Officials say the case fits a broader pattern of suspected fraud compounds in the country.
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UK sanctions Xinbi marketplace linked to Southeast Asian scam centres
The U.K. has sanctioned Xinbi, a Chinese-language marketplace accused of selling stolen data and cryptocurrency services to scam centres in Southeast Asia, and targeted the operators of a large scam compound known as #8 Park, as part of efforts to disrupt crypto-based money laundering and large-scale investment fraud.
