China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam have engaged in in-depth exchanges of views on further jointly combating transnational telecom and online fraud crimes, reaching a series of consensuses.
The ministerial meeting on joint efforts to combat telecom and online fraud among the six countries was held in Kunming, Yunnan, on the 14th. The meeting pointed out that the current situation regarding transnational telecom and online fraud crimes is severe, posing significant threats to regional economic development and social security and stability, and severely infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of citizens in all countries. The law enforcement agencies of China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam must deepen international law enforcement cooperation, conduct joint crackdowns, concentrate on cleaning out scam hubs, make every effort to apprehend those involved in fraud, jointly root out the “tumor” of telecom fraud crime, and resolutely protect the safety of life and property of their citizens.
The law enforcement agencies of the six countries jointly signed a results-oriented document and further discussed the proposal put forward by China at the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum (Lianyungang) 2025 for jointly establishing an international alliance to combat telecom and online fraud.
Since the beginning of this year, China, Myanmar, and Thailand have established a tripartite coordination mechanism and jointly launched crackdowns and clean-up operations against gambling and fraud crimes in the Myawaddy region of Myanmar, with Myanmar repatriating more than 5,500 criminal suspects to China. Chinese and Laotian police organized joint operations to clean out telecom fraud dens in four park areas in the Golden Triangle Special Zone of Laos, capturing more than 600 criminal suspects in one operation. Chinese and Vietnamese police conducted joint crackdowns on telecom fraud and gambling crimes, successfully apprehending 149 criminal suspects. Chinese and Cambodian police intensified joint crackdowns, capturing 2,141 criminal suspects in Mondulkiri, Phnom Penh, and Svay Rieng in Cambodia, all of whom were repatriated and handed over to China by the Cambodian side. A series of crackdowns have delivered a strong deterrent to gambling and fraud crime groups.