Vijayawada, Feb. 13 -- The Cyber Crime Police Station, CID of Andhra Pradesh, has busted an international cybercrime network involved in routing foreign calls as local calls using illegal SIM Box operations, in coordination with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

The case was registered as Crime No. 20/2025 following credible inputs received through the CHAKSHU module of the Sanchar Saathi portal regarding suspicious calling activity in the Pedagantyada-Gajuwaka area of Visakhapatnam, a police official said.

Investigation revealed that foreign operators based in South-East Asian countries including Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Malaysia were routing internet-based VoIP calls to India through SIP softphones.

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