Colombo, Sri Lanka - In a major crackdown, over 130 foreign nationals were arrested in Sri Lanka for alleged cybercrime operations over the last two days, police said.
The police actions are part of a wider crackdown on cross-border online fraud networks operating from the island nation.
One of the raids took place in Thalangama, a suburb of Colombo, where 37 Chinese nationals were arrested on Saturday.
They were operating from a rented apartment, the police said, and were booked under the Computer Crimes Act, Sri Lanka's main law to counter cybercrime, hacking, and data misuse.
These arrests follow a series of similar operations in recent months, police said, with several groups busted over the last one year.
