Dhaka, July 23 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a global visa restriction policy that targets individuals responsible for, or complicit in, cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime, such as those involved in cyberscams, and sextortion.

Immediate family members of individuals engaged in such illicit activities may also be subjected to visa restrictions.

"Today, I am announcing a new global visa restriction policy under Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act," said the US President.

The Trump Administration is deploying every tool at our disposal - sanctions, prosecutions, asset seizures, extradition requests, and international law enforcement cooperation - to dismantle criminal scam networks and impose c...