Overview
- Police in Gyeonggi Bukbu and Chungnam transferred 66 suspects to prosecutors following recent repatriations tied to online scam rings operating from Cambodia.
- The Chungnam Provincial Police said 45 extradited suspects were formally indicted and referred to prosecutors, part of 55 total referrals from that probe.
- Authorities reported at least 110 victims and roughly 9.3 billion won in losses in the Chungnam case, while Gyeonggi Bukbu confirmed 36 victims with about 1.6 billion won in damages.
- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun told lawmakers that 56 new abduction or confinement reports in September brought this year’s total to 386, with 102 cases still unresolved when including last year’s pending reports.
- Investigators describe a hierarchical network led by an alleged ringleader known as “Bugeon,” operating from secured guesthouses in Phnom Penh, as police pursue remaining figures and move to combine parallel probes.