Cambodia deports 25 men over phone scams

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Nov. 8 Kyodo - Cambodian officers escort 25 Japanese suspects at Phnom Penh international airport for deportation on Nov. 8, 2023, for alleged involvement in conducting phone scams against people in Japan from Cambodia's capital. (Kyodo)

Cambodia deports 25 men over phone scams

Cambodia deports 25 men over phone scams

Cambodian officers escort 25 Japanese suspects at Phnom Penh international airport for deportation on Nov. 8, 2023, for alleged involvement in conducting phone scams against people in Japan from Cambodia's capital.

Phone scam suspects deported from Cambodia

Phone scam suspects deported from Cambodia

Nineteen Japanese suspects deported by Cambodian authorities to their home country over their alleged involvement in phone scams leave Tokyo's Haneda airport in a van on April 11, 2023. Japanese police are cracking down on crime groups basing themselves in Southeast Asian countries.

Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

A van carrying 19 suspects, wanted in connection with phone scams in Japan, departs from a facility they have been detained in Phnom Penh on April 11, 2023. Cambodian authorities deported the men, all in their 20s to 50s, to their home country after local police raided a hotel and arrested them in late January.

Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

A chartered plane carrying 19 suspects, wanted in connection with phone scams in Japan, prepares for departure to Japan at Phnom Penh International Airport on April 11, 2023. Cambodian authorities deported the men, all in their 20s to 50s, to their home country after local police raided a hotel and arrested them in late January.

Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

A van carrying 19 suspects, wanted in connection with phone scams in Japan, departs from a facility they have been detained in Phnom Penh on April 11, 2023. Cambodian authorities deported the men, all in their 20s to 50s, to their home country after local police raided a hotel and arrested them in late January.

Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

Deportation of 19 suspects over phone scams from Cambodia

Photo taken on April 7, 2023, shows a resort hotel in Cambodia's southern province of Sihanoukville used by 19 Japanese as a base for a phone scam. Cambodian authorities deported the suspects to their home country after local police raided a hotel and arrested the men in January.

Police campaign to combat phone scams

Police campaign to combat phone scams

Local residents pose for a photo with Tokyo police force mascot "Pipo-kun" (back R) and "Sazae-san" (back C), a popular Japanese manga character, in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2019, during a police campaign to alert the public to be on guard against scam phone calls. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo