China Moves Toward International Anti-Fraud Alliance With September Launch

China is set to form an international alliance to combat online and telecom fraud, with more than 40 countries already indicating that they are willing to join. The planned launch comes as Chinese authorities continue to treat cross-border fraud and related online crime as a priority.

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Alliance Set For September

The plan was announced at a press conference on July 24, according to Chinese state media CGTN. The founding ceremony for the new alliance is scheduled for September during the 2026 Conference of the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum in Lianyungang, in China’s Jiangsu province.

CGTN cited Jiang Guoli, head of the Ministry’s Criminal Investigation Bureau, as saying the goal is to create an intergovernmental organization with broad participation from law enforcement agencies around the world. China has invited all countries to take part, with the aim of improving intelligence sharing and the results of joint operations.

The chief of the Criminal Investigation Bureau went on to say at the press briefing that the overwhelming number of fraudulent operations takes place outside of China at present. This particular point explains why the Chinese authorities need to get a wider international response to this problem instead of limiting themselves to domestic enforcement only.

Focus On Cross-Border Crime

China has defined the fight against telecom and online fraud as a priority for the next 5 years. The planned alliance is intended to support that objective by bringing together law enforcement agencies with a common interest in tackling fraud networks that operate across borders.

While China says it has been effective in fighting crime on its own territory, a recent United Nations report said Chinese citizens are often the main targets of scam operations and the primary target of illegal online gambling operations. The report also said Chinese-origin transnational criminal organizations are a major force behind Southeast Asia’s cyber-enabled scam economy.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said those groups operate industrial-scale compound infrastructure across border zones and special economic zones in Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao PDR. This brings into light the correlation between fraud, organized crime, and online gambling in the region.

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Cambodia in the Spotlight

Recent attention has centered on Cambodia, where scam compounds have used casinos as staging grounds. It has already resulted in the cancellation of some gambling licenses by the Commercial Gambling Management Commission of Cambodia.

Meanwhile, Amnesty International has condemned the renewal of licenses of up to 12 casinos in Cambodia because there was proof of the existence of abuses on their territories. These events put Cambodia in the spotlight of the international community, as the authorities are under pressure to react.

China has recently restated its “ironclad” relations with Cambodia despite this pressure. According to the Bloomberg report, the Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet claimed that his government is still devoted to fighting against online scams and achieving positive results.

Moreover, he referred to the close collaboration of his country with China and the US in this matter, as it concerns the problems beyond geopolitics.

Regional Cooperation Continues

Cambodia is set to organize an international conference for fighting online scams, with participation of law enforcement officials from different nations, including China and the USA. The US will be represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The planned forum and China’s new alliance both point to a broader effort to coordinate responses to fraud that moves across borders and uses online systems to reach victims. With more than 40 countries already open to joining, the alliance is being positioned as a wider law enforcement platform rather than a narrow regional initiative.

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Source: Inside Asian Gaming