PHNOM PENH - The number of suspects arrested in crackdown operations on online scam centers in Cambodia has increased to 3,455 so far, said a press release issued by the Ad-Hoc Committee to Combat Online Scams late Wednesday.

The authorities have raided a total of 92 compounds in 18 cities and provinces across the kingdom's 25 cities and provinces since June 27 to date, the press release said, adding that the arrested suspects are from 20 different nationalities.

Dozens of ringleaders have been sent to courts for prosecution, while most others have been deported back to their birth countries, the press release said.

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The Southeast Asian country has launched an unprecedented nationwide crackdown on cyber scam networks, aiming at maintaining and protecting security, public order, and social safety.