Cambodia to keep up crackdown on scam centres after arrest of alleged mastermind

Mihai Prelipcean

Alleged scam centre kingpin Chen Zhi's arrest and extradition to China reflect the "firm commitment of Cambodia to combat the crime," said Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn. Cambodia's arrest of alleged scam centre kingpin Chen Zhi and his extradition to China was "not the end" of the Southeast Asian nation's battle to stamp out trans-border crimes, its foreign minister said. Last week's surprise arrest of Chinese-born Chen is a key step in an until now fragmented international campaign