Royal Thai Police arrests in Southeast Asia scam-center crackdown
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The Royal Thai Police made 21 arrests in a coordinated crackdown on Southeast Asia scam centers, disrupting organized fraud operations across multiple countries. The arrests were part of a broader multinational response involving authorities from Thailand, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. The action builds on a December 2025 pilot that removed 59,000 accounts, Pages, and Groups, underscoring the scale of the scam infrastructure being targeted.
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Royal Thai Police arrests in a Southeast Asia scam-center crackdown
Legal Policy Action UpdateMeta disabled over 150,000 accounts tied to scam centers in Southeast Asia in a coordinated crackdown with authorities from Thailand, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia, and the Royal Thai Police made 21 arrests.
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- Meta Disables 150K Accounts Linked to Southeast Asia Scam Centers in Global Crackdown — thehackernews.com — 11.03.2026 15:15
- Meta Launches New Protection Tools as It Helps Disrupt Scam Centers — www.securityweek.com — 12.03.2026 15:17