New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The British High Commission in India on Wednesday said that the United Kingdom has announced joint action with the United States to make Southeast Asia safer from scams.

According to the statement, masterminds behind industrial-scale scam centres in Southeast Asia have been targeted by sanctions in coordination with the US . The move aims to expose and disrupt the network's operations, effectively locking them out of the UK 's financial system.

The British High Commission said the UK is helping to tackle an economic scourge that cost East and Southeast Asia around US D 37 billion in 2023.

It further noted that the UK has sanctioned a multi-billion-pound global network involved in operating scam centres that torture their trafficke

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