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Malaysian authorities have arrested 16 people, including eight women, in connection with a large-scale international scam ring that defrauded US citizens through coordinated online schemes.
Indonesian authorities in Medan have arrested seven foreign nationals—six Chinese and one Vietnamese—alongside 31 Indonesians for allegedly running an international online dating scam syndicate targeting victims overseas.
ASEAN police forces are strengthening intelligence-sharing and cross-border coordination to dismantle sophisticated scam syndicates that have relocated from traditional hubs in Cambodia and Myanmar to emerging destinations across Southeast Asia and beyond.