Over the past year, Cambodia has fundamentally restructured how the government investigates, prosecutes and dismantles these networks. This long-term institutional reform is designed to address the issue directly and persistently.

At the centre of this effort is the commission for combating online scams, established to coordinate enforcement, intelligence, prosecutions and international cooperation across government agencies. Permanent inter-ministerial task forces now operate nationwide. The prime minister personally chairs and supervises this effort, signalling unequivocally that there is zero tolerance for criminality or for officials who protect criminals.