{"id":18885,"date":"2026-09-29T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=asia&#038;p=18885"},"modified":"2026-09-29T06:50:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:50:31","slug":"28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"28 countries seal Phnom Penh pact against online scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Twenty-eight countries and seven international organizations adopted the Phnom Penh Declaration on September 24, 2026<\/strong>, a political agreement aimed at coordinating action against online scams, money laundering, human trafficking and transnational criminal networks operating digital fraud compounds. The declaration concluded the <strong>International Conference on Combating Online Scams (ICCOS-2026)<\/strong>, held on <strong>September 23 and 24 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/mve-ads\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16352\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conference, hosted at the <strong>Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra Hotel<\/strong>, was led by Cambodian Prime Minister <strong>Hun Manet<\/strong> and brought together governments, law enforcement bodies, financial institutions, technology companies and multilateral agencies. Organizations involved included <strong>INTERPOL<\/strong> and the <strong>United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Southeast Asia and the Pacific<\/strong>. The declaration establishes <strong>11 commitments<\/strong>; strengthen international cooperation; disrupt criminal chains; freeze and recover criminal assets; use technology; reinforce laws and regulation; build capacity; expand public-private partnerships; protect trafficking victims; apply the principle of non-punishment for victims; prevent fraud and human trafficking; and physically dismantle <strong>scam compounds<\/strong> and their supporting infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18887\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams2.png 785w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams2-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams2-768x481.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sar Sokha<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Countries confirmed as participants included <strong>Cambodia, Myanmar, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Vietnam<\/strong>, alongside ASEAN representatives. Cambodia also highlighted cooperation with <strong>China, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia<\/strong>. A single consolidated official list of all 28 participating states was not published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams3.png 866w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams3-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/28-countries-seal-phnom-penh-pact-against-online-scams3-768x492.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Chhay Sinarith<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister <strong>Sar Sokha<\/strong> confirmed that Cambodia is considering the creation of a <strong>National Centre for Combating Online Scams<\/strong>. Between July 2025 and June 2026, Cambodian authorities intervened at <strong>665 sites<\/strong>, inspected <strong>28,512 locations<\/strong>, referred <strong>268 cases<\/strong> to the courts, processed <strong>2,773 suspects<\/strong> and deported <strong>21,102 foreign nationals from 38 countries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The operational response is coordinated by <strong>Chhay Sinarith<\/strong>, Senior Minister and Head of the Secretariat of the Ad-Hoc Commission for Combating Online Scams. By August 2026, Cambodia had also frozen <strong>more than US$300 million<\/strong> linked to these networks and sent <strong>446 cases involving 3,927 suspects<\/strong> to the courts. The crackdown has also reached the gaming sector, <strong>195 licensed casinos were investigated<\/strong>, resulting in <strong>20 licence revocations, 29 suspensions and 23 expirations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-eight countries and seven international organizations adopted the Phnom Penh Declaration on September 24, 2026, a political agreement aimed at coordinating action against online scams, money laundering, human trafficking and transnational criminal networks operating digital fraud compounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18886,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2323,2319,15,11,102,585,2345,354,2614,105],"class_list":["post-18885","asia","type-asia","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-asia","tag-cambodia","tag-gambling","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-online-betting","tag-online-gambling","tag-philippines","tag-responsible-gambling","tag-singapore","tag-sports-betting","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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