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Cambodia’s scam-center underworld linked to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and its cryptocurrency millions

fortune.com8/26/2026
Cambodia’s scam-center underworld linked to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel and its cryptocurrency millions

Cambodian and U.S. anti-drug agencies have uncovered a network that authorities say uses cryptocurrency to launder money for Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa Cartel, officials from both countries said Friday. Meas Vyrith, secretary-general of Cambodia’s National Authority for Combating Drugs, said Cambodian authorities are further investigating money laundering operations by the Sinaloa Cartel, a powerful criminal conglomerate designated a “foreign terrorist organization” by the Trump administration.

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