Jammu, June 16 -- Sri Lanka is witnessing a sharp rise in international telecom fraud and pig-butchering scam activities.
Foreign-operated scam centres with suspected links to syndicates in Myanmar and Cambodia have been unearthed.
Hundreds of suspects, including Chinese and Vietnamese nationals, have been detained in a series of raids.
Investigators have seized SIM-box devices, computers and mobile phones allegedly used in large-scale fraud operations.
Sri Lanka is emerging as a new base for transnational cybercrime, with international telecom fraud and so-called pig-butchering scams increasingly being traced to operations on the island. Law enforcement agencies have uncovered several foreign-run scam centres since 2024, pointing to a ...