KPL, 63 call centre gangs dismantled since 2022
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Published 9 January 2025. Opened 9 November 2026.

Brig. Gen. Vanthong Soulisack, Deputy Head of the Police General Department, Ministry of Public Security, has reported that police operations over the past two years have dismantled 63 call centre gangs, accounting for 20.5% of the total identified.

Since 2022, authorities have detected 306 call centre fraud rings involving 15,970 members, including 6,120 Lao nationals and 9,868 foreign nationals. Meanwhile, 46 of the gangs have voluntarily disbanded, and operations are ongoing to dismantle 37 additional gangs.

A meeting to evaluate efforts in addressing telecom fraud of call centre gangs in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone was held in Bokeo Province on 7 January 2025.

To date, 1,394 call centre gang members have been handed over to Chinese authorities along with items used in their crimes, including 5,430 smartphones, 1,368 desktop computers, 92 laptops, 2 iPads, 14 Wi-Fi routers, and 16 USB drives. Additionally, the Lao police have deported 159 call centre gang members to Vietnamese authorities, along with crime-related items such as 298 smart phones and 20 computers.

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