The two governments agreed an arrangement to work against networks of illegal scam centres — operations where trafficked foreign nationals are forced to run fraud at scale against thousands of victims, including through pig butchering and fabricated romantic relationships. The agreement commits both sides to share data, coordinate action against the criminal groups, pursue prosecutions and support trafficking victims, and it adds a capability transfer: the UK will train Cambodian law enforcement in cyber investigations, digital forensics and investigative procedure. Work will also run through the UK–Interpol Global Fraud Taskforce to identify suspects, dismantle centres and disrupt the financial flows funding them. It builds on the joint UK–US sanctions against a Southeast Asian scam-centre network in October 2025, which froze millions of pounds in UK-based property, and on the UK's Fraud Strategy with its £250 million backing and new Online Crime Centre. The Fraud Minister, Lord Hanson, represented the UK at the International Conference on Combating Online Scams in Cambodia.

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