Following growing international pressure, the Cambodian government has promised to crack down and dismantle cyber scam networks operating within its borders by April this year.

The government says it raided 190 locations in January alone, and arrested more than 2,500 suspects.

More than 110,000 foreigners who used to work in the scam compounds, by force or voluntary, have also been freed and left the country already, according to the country’s Commission for Combating Online Scams (CCOS).

The raids have hit 44 casinos, which are often used to hold the call center workers in spare rooms and under guard. Raids have also hit major hotel chains and newly-built building clusters that researchers have also been tracking for years.