柬埔寨反诈骗部长表示，该国正在收集针对大规模网络诈骗行动“幕后黑手”的证据。此前，外界批评称政府的打击行动未能触及真正的幕后主使。
Cambodia is gathering evidence against suspected “masterminds” of massive cyber fraud operations, the country’s anti-scam minister said, amid criticism that the government’s crackdown has failed to reach those ultimately responsible.
周四，在首都金边举行的一场全球反诈骗会议间隙，负责打击诈骗政府委员会的负责人蔡西纳里（Chhay Sinarith）向路透社表示，法律行动“无论是针对幕后黑手、共谋者、所有者、协助者还是保护伞，都需要时间，也需要证据”。
Legal action, “whether it involves the mastermind, the co-conspirator, owner, enabler or protector, it requires time and also it requires evidence,” Chhay Sinarith, who heads a government commission on combating fraud, told Reuters on the sidelines of a global anti-scam conference in the capital Phnom Penh on Thursday.
他说道：“这就是为什么合作对我们至关重要。”他补充称，国际合作伙伴提供的信息已促成对部分嫌疑人采取行动，而过早披露调查细节可能会导致嫌疑人潜逃。
“That’s why it is of utmost importance for us to cooperate,” he said, adding that information given by international partners had enabled action against some suspects and that premature disclosure of investigations could cause suspects to flee.
本周，柬埔寨在金边主办了此次会议，来自美国和中国等十多个国家的代表出席了会议，共同探讨如何应对这一损害该国声誉并破坏其经济的产业。
Cambodia this week hosted representatives of more than a dozen countries — including the U.S. and China — at the conference, for discussions about tackling an industry that has tarnished the country’s reputation and damaged its economy.
疫情过后，柬埔寨和其他东南亚国家成为了工业化诈骗中心的枢纽，工人们被贩卖至此，在恶劣的环境中被拘禁，并被迫在网上诈骗陌生人。美国表示，仅在2024年，该地区的诈骗园区就从美国人手中窃取了100亿美元。
Cambodia and other Southeast Asian nations emerged after the pandemic as hubs for industrial-sized scam centers where workers are trafficked, detained in grim conditions and forced to defraud strangers online. The U.S. said scam compounds in the region stole $10 billion from Americans alone in 2024.
蔡西纳里上个月宣布，自一年前开展打击行动以来，柬埔寨已经铲除了大规模诈骗园区，但政府尚未提供其突击搜查地点的完整名单。分析人士对此持怀疑态度，认为这些行动并未触及该行业的高层人物和保护伞。
Chhay declared last month that Cambodia had eradicated large-scale scam compounds since it began a year-long crackdown, though it has not provided a full list of the sites it has raided. Analysts have been skeptical, saying that the operation has left high-level figures and protectors of the industry unscathed.
“很明显，尽管其他运营商已撤离并分散到更小、更分散的站点，但许多大型园区仍在运作，”区块链情报公司 TRM Labs 的高级分析师 John Wojcik 表示。“支撑该行业的技术、支付渠道、洗钱网络和协助者也仍在大规模运作。”Chhay 表示，当局正在扩大对 Prince Group（王子集团）金融网络的调查，这是一家总部位于柬埔寨的企业集团，美国指控其是数十亿美元在线诈骗和洗钱活动的掩护。
“It’s clear that many large compounds remain active despite other operators clearing out and dispersing into smaller, decentralized sites,” said John Wojcik, a senior analyst at blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. “The technology, payment rails, money-laundering networks and facilitators underpinning the industry also continue to operate at scale.” Chhay said authorities are expanding their investigation into the financial network of Prince Group, a Cambodia-based conglomerate the U.S. alleges was a front for multi-billion-dollar online fraud and money laundering operations.
其中国出生的创始人陈志（Chen Zhi）今年早些时候在柬埔寨被捕并遣返回中国。
Its Chinese-born founder, Chen Zhi, was arrested and deported to China from Cambodia earlier this year.
记者参观了金边郊外的两处设施，柬埔寨当局称这些是属于 Prince Group 的诈骗中心——官员称这些庞大的园区容纳了数千名工人。其中一处设有假冒的新加坡警察局，据称被用于冒充诈骗。
Reporters toured two facilities outside of Phnom Penh that Cambodian authorities said were scam centers belonging to Prince Group — vast complexes that officials said housed thousands of workers. One had a fake Singaporean police station allegedly used for impersonation fraud.
Prince Group 发言人称，这些设施“从未与该公司有关联，也从未属于该公司”。
A Prince Group spokesperson said the facilities “have not been and never were associated with” the company.