Pakistan, Aug. 4 -- The National Cyber Crimes Investigation has revealed that 63 raids were conducted on illegal call centers across Pakistan in the past one and a half years. These operations resulted in the arrest of 195 Pakistani and 255 foreign nationals involved in financial fraud and cybercrime. The shared these details during a briefing to the Senate Standing Committee on IT.

The crackdown led to the registration of 54 cases and uncovered fraud worth over Rs 720 million. Additionally, the managed to recover more than Rs 40 million. These operations targeted call centers involved in cheating citizens through fake job offers, phishing, and financial scams.

Islamabad witnessed the highest number of foreign arrests, where 17 call cen...