Laos has detained nearly 100 suspected scammers in raids across the country last week, while another 129 people arrested in an earlier operation have been handed over to Thai authorities.
In the latest raid, on 18 September, Champasak authorities detained 23 suspected scammers, including 22 Chinese nationals and one Lao national, according to state media reports.
Police launched the operation in Huasae village, Bachiang Chaleunsouk district, after a local resident reported suspicious cybercrime activity at a rented house.
Officers seized 49 desktop computers, 237 mobile phones, 27 computer processors, and seven voltage stabilizers.
The case remains under investigation.
The Champasak raid is the latest in a series of operations targeting cybercrime and online gambling networks across Laos this month.
On 20 September, police handed over 129 Thai nationals, including 57 women, to Thai authorities at the 1st Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge in Vientiane. Police had detained the group during a 28 August raid on the Mangrove Hotel and Glory Apartment in Xaysettha district.
Two days earlier, on 16 September, police detained 41 foreign suspects, including 40 Thai nationals and one Chinese national, during raids on four Vientiane hotels: Eastin, La Sen, Inthad and Minta. Officers seized dozens of mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices and took the suspects in for questioning.
Earlier this month, police also arrested 13 people during a 12 September raid on two rented houses, where they seized 1,494 suspected methamphetamine pills. A 6 September raid on Yuzhou Smart Hotel resulted in 43 arrests, while a 5 September gambling raid led to two arrests.
In September alone, Lao police arrested over 200 suspected scammers nationwide.
Since the start of 2026, authorities have detained at least 6,200 suspects, with roughly 1,000 arrests recorded in both July and August.
