Cambodian PM Proposes 5 Points for Stronger International Cooperation Against Online Scams

Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia, speaking at a conference on combating technological scams on September 23, 2026, stated that Cambodia is fully committed to taking relentless measures against online scams and fostering cooperation with partner countries based on mutual respect, sovereignty, and shared accountability. In line with this commitment and looking towards the future, the Prime Minister proposed five points for stronger international cooperation. These include real-time intelligence sharing, high-level financial investigations, greater harmonization of legal frameworks and operations, public-private partnerships, and victim protection. Prime Minister Hun Manet elaborated on these five points: 1. Partner countries must double their efforts to enhance immediate response networks between national and international law enforcement agencies to share real-time intelligence, track criminal cells, and disrupt decentralized transnational criminal groups. 2. Financial intelligence units and anti-money laundering institutions should collaborate and utilize platforms that enable swift tracking of illicit financial flows, identification of ultimate beneficial owners, freezing of virtual assets, and suppression of informal banking networks. 3. International partners should harmonize mutual legal assistance frameworks, facilitate extradition procedures, and promote the sharing of digital forensic evidence to prevent criminals from exploiting loopholes in legal jurisdiction. 4. Governments should build operational partnerships with commercial banks, telecommunications operators, technology platforms, and cryptocurrency exchanges to proactively detect scam activities, block suspicious digital infrastructure, and freeze accounts involved in illegal cases. 5. Governments and international organizations should strengthen victim identification processes and facilitate diplomatic procedures to ensure the protection and safe repatriation of victims to their home countries. Prime Minister Hun Manet emphasized that the collective commitment to confront these complex challenges must be matched by concrete, joint actions. In the spirit of mutual trust and shared responsibility, Cambodia looks forward to its international partners adopting the Phnom Penh Declaration on September 24, 2026, as a testament to their joint commitment to break the chain and eradicate technological scams.