Bangladesh, Jan. 27 -- South Korean authorities have arrested 55 individuals suspected of operating large-scale online fraud schemes after they were repatriated from Cambodia, in what officials described as the largest single-country transfer of criminal suspects in the nations history. The arrests follow a coordinated international operation aimed at dismantling overseas scam networks that have caused massive financial losses to South Korean citizens in recent years.

According to Yonhap News Agency, citing the National Police Agency (NPA), a total of 73 South Korean nationals suspected of involvement in online scams were flown back from Cambodia on Friday. Of those, 55 have been formally detained, while investigations continue into the ...