350 arrests in Timor-Leste scam center crackdown

from Pacific Beat · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A major crackdown on international scam centers in Timor-Leste has resulted in 350 arrests. Police raided multiple heavily secured call centre compounds over the past week in a major crackdown against what experts say is a growing trade in the developing nation.

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