### [2026-10-31](/feed/2026/10/31/index.md)

##### Trafficking of Chinese nationals to scam centers abroad
# Madagascar's justice ministry announces dismantling 13 Chinese-run scam centers since August, linked to 148 Chinese nationals who had previously operated scam centers in Cambodia, and who might have been involved in trafficking Africans to commit fraud. The 148 Chinese are extradited to China. 

Raids against online scam centres in Madagascar have exposed ties with a criminal group that ran similar operations in Cambodia, also duping African nationals via...


### Sources:

1. [AFP](https://www.afp.com/en/scam-centres-relocated-cambodia-operate-madagascar)

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