Police detained 2,022 foreign nationals in a weekend from 22 buildings in Svay Rieng’s A7 Casino, a late raid of lingering scam operations in Bavet that saw warning shots fired into the air and lines of minibuses take zip-tied workers away from the scene.

Massive raid nabs more than 2,000 workers with warning shots / Mech Dara

Barbed wire was removed around Crown Casino in Cambodia’s scam-filled border city of Bavet. A crackdown on scam workers appeared to have hit the New Venetian, Henghe, Yongyuan and other major complexes.

Barbed wire comes down at Bavet scam-linked compound / Mech Dara

With Golden Fortune’s license gone, Sampov Poun compounds were locked, empty, and watched over by police — but local residents still wondered whether it was truly the end for the infamous scam city.

Prince stronghold now lies empty, but doubts linger / Mech Dara, Danielle Keeton-Olsen

A year earlier, the dead body of a Korean student was found on Cambodia’s Bokor mountain, sparking rare international attention. But three other corpses were also found on Bokor the same week with little publicity.

Three other bodies were found on Bokor in week of Korean student death / Mech Dara

Only one Cambodian tycoon is in jail after months of the country’s scam crackdown. But 50 police and military police officers were also arrested in Li Kuong’s case — for allegedly stealing from his rural Kampot compound.

My Casino, Kampot: Tycoon, 50 officers in jail over scams at rural casino / Mech Dara

Kep, the country’s smallest province, a largely tourism- and fishing-oriented coastal area, was not part of the scam boom. But as scam operations scattered amid raids elsewhere, some began to arrive.

Kep: Authorities are hunting for the suspects behind Chinese man’s murder / Mech Dara

Workers set construction equipment and other materials on fire over alleged unpaid wages at a Koh Kong complex, which has seen a mix of departing foreign workers, rumors of severe violence, and continued activity amid Cambodia’s scam crackdown.

Sparks of unrest at construction sites as Cambodian scam raids continue / Mech Dara

Scattering foreign scam workers in Koh Kong have been found sheltering in tents along a stream or hiding in cowsheds. But some guarded buildings in Koh Kong were still busy with traffic and signs of habitation.

Some Koh Kong compounds emptied, others still lively amid scam crackdown / Mech Dara

The Angk Popel commune chief in Kampong Speu’s Kong Pisey district said he had not been in Mango Park since it changed from a mango processing plant into something else. Commune authorities, including himself and police, could not go in, but national authorities were able to enter.

Raids across Phnom Penh and surrounding areas disperse scam workers / Mech Dara, Danielle Keeton-Olsen

The Mondulkiri provincial court charged four people in what appears to be the first use of the law on combating online scams after a raid in the provincial capital.

Mondulkiri compounds raided, as victims tell their stories / Mech Dara

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Five locations emerged as likely sites of scam raids in Cambodia’s far-west Pailin province, as locals and village leaders in a remote commune spoke of mass escapes as well as an alleged Khmer Rouge connection and a body on a farm.

Details of alleged scam violence emerge from Cambodia’s far-west Pailin / Mech Dara

Phnom Penh authorities turned to the city’s status symbols of development to uncover lurking scam operations.

Scam raids hit capital’s luxury gated communities, high-rise office towers: Phnom Penh updates / Mech Dara, Thay Thanit, Michael Dickison

Cambodian authorities conducted online scam related raids across Phnom Penh and central Cambodia, but local residents say they saw evidence that some workers escaped trouble.

Raids across Phnom Penh and surrounding areas disperse scam workers / Mech Dara, Danielle Keeton-Olsen

Authorities fired shots into the sky and sent foreign workers running during crackdowns, leaving some locals shaken by the violence they witnessed.

Poipet raids, firefights leave residents uneasy / Mech Dara

A rural area outside Cambodia’s Poipet city housed scam businesses raided by police, and was previously advertised as upcoming real estate projects with ties to prominent individuals.

Raids strike remote compounds outside Poipet city / Danielle Keeton-Olsen, Mech Dara

Near the Meun Chey border crossing in Prey Veng province, a bus and about a dozen cars waited to pick up departing workers. A woman selling dried clams said she had seen thousands of people leaving both night and day. “We have seen many people coming out because they are afraid of being arrested.”

Scam exodus reaches remote compounds / Mech Dara

Scam-compound workers in Sihanoukville were lugging rolling suitcases across the sand, or pulling pushcarts with boxes, furniture and even one washing machine.

Foreign workers flee ahead of online scam raids, Sihanoukville locals say / Mech Dara

Several sprawling scam complexes at Cambodia’s remote border crossings with Vietnam experienced mass exits of workers, raising questions about scattered workers and the industry in general.

Scam exodus reaches remote compounds / Mech Dara