{"id":6677,"date":"2026-06-08T09:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/?p=6677"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T02:50:45","slug":"cambodia-falling-through-the-cracks-cambodias-crackdown-on-scamming-compounds-and-the-victims-it-has-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/archive\/2026\/06\/cambodia-falling-through-the-cracks-cambodias-crackdown-on-scamming-compounds-and-the-victims-it-has-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: \u201cFalling Through the Cracks\u201d: Cambodia\u2019s \u2018Crackdown\u2019 on Scamming Compounds and the Victims it has Failed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This report presents the latest evidence on the state of the scamming industry in Cambodia from a human rights perspective and assess the effectiveness of state actions on both the industry and its victims. It explores transparency, accountability, due process, victim protection and state responsibility, assessing whether the measures taken by the Cambodian government constitute genuine attempts at countering the scamming industry or merely replicate past patterns of selective enforcement and human rights violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/Falling-Through-the-Cracks-Cambodias-\u2018Crackdown-on-Scamming-Compounds-and-the-Victims-it-has-Failed.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of \u201cFalling Through the Cracks\u201d Cambodia\u2019s \u2018Crackdown\u2019 on Scamming Compounds and the Victims it has Failed.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-8aa902ec-0522-4b5f-80b9-6b12b08ffb0e\" 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