American and international law enforcement agencies teamed up with Meta to take down major criminal scam networks operating out of Southeast Asia, with the company disabling more than 150,000 related accounts, Meta said in a March 11 statement.
“Online scams have become significantly more sophisticated and industrialized in recent years, with criminal networks often based in Southeast Asia in countries like Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos running what amount to full-scale business operations,” Meta said.
“These operations cause real harm—they upend lives, destroy trust, and are deliberately designed to avoid detection and disruption.”
The operation, conducted last week in Bangkok, was carried out by Meta together with the Department of Justice Scam Center Strike Force, Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Royal Thai Police Anti-Cyber Scam Center, and partners from the United Kingdom, Korea, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and New Zealand….
Meta, DOJ Take Down Criminal Scam Networks Across Southeast Asia
