Lanka arrests 231 foreigners in latest cyberscam raids

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Sri Lankan police have arrested 231 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese and Vietnamese, following raids on suspected cyberscam centres in the capital since the weekend, officials said on Thursday. Crime groups internationally have carried out online cons, defrauding victims of tens of billions of dollars annually, often through cryptocurrency scams and phoney romantic relationships. In Sri Lanka, authorities cracked down on two suspected