Background
The General Department of Immigration (GDI) carries out border control, visa administration, and internal administrative inspections that support detection and disruption of cross-border online fraud networks. The GDI conducts administrative inspections at border and internal checkpoints to identify individuals and networks involved in cyber-enabled scams.
At a high-level international forum on 23 September 2026, the Ministry of Interior anchored a ten-point cooperation agenda aimed at strengthening international responses to online scams and related cross-border crime. Between July 2025 and 30 June 2026, Cambodian authorities reported undertaking 665 location-cleanup operations and 28,512 administrative inspections related to online fraud, which generated 268 judicial case files and 2,773 identified suspects.
Key Developments
Ministry and GDI officials presented ten cooperative measures focused on improving international coordination against online scams. The measures included: promoting timely information sharing; enhancing research on illicit financial networks; tightening border control and movement management; strengthening public-private partnerships; exchanging skills and technical training; protecting victims; conducting joint simultaneous operations; developing common legal frameworks and mutual legal assistance mechanisms; raising public awareness; and investing in research and intelligent technologies for crime prevention.
Enforcement Actions
Authorities reported that operational activity from July 2025 to 30 June 2026 produced 268 case files and identified about 2,773 suspects, with approximately 2,200 placed in detention. More than 21,100 foreign nationals linked to online scam networks were removed from Cambodia; those individuals represented 38 different nationalities. The Ministry characterized the international forum as a step toward consolidating cooperative procedures for prevention, law enforcement, victim protection and information exchange.
Institutional Role
The GDI framed the forum as a platform to coordinate immigration controls with criminal investigations and international partners to prevent illicit financial flows and transnational facilitation of online scams. Participants agreed to draft an outcomes document intended to guide future cooperation on information exchange, capacity building, prevention, prosecution, victim support and operational coordination.
Sources and Links
Original source: General Department of Immigration (GDI) social media and official channels, referenced via the department post dated 23 September 2026. Additional links cited by the department include: https://www.tiktok.com/@gdicambodia, https://t.me/GDIOfficial, https://www.facebook.com/GDIOfficial/, and www.immigration.gov.kh.
