illicit industry that has ballooned in the country in recent years.  Cambodia has emerged as a hub for crime syndicates running fake romantic relationship and cryptocurrency investment schemes in which scammers -- some willing, others trafficked -- defraud internet users around the world. Operated out of hotels, casinos and fortified compounds around the region, the global cyberscam industry has reached "industrial proportions", with estimates of its annual revenues as high as $64 billion, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Cambodian Information Minister Neth Pheaktra told AFP "635 Thai nationals involved in illegal online business operations and transnational criminal networks were deported to Thailand" through a border checkpoint on Thursday. Thirty suspects were "being processed by Cambodian authorities" over alleged criminal offences, he said. Rights monitors and other experts have accused officials in Cambodia of complicity -- allegations the government has denied. Authorities say they have detained and deported more than 13,000 foreign nationals involved in online scams since early last year. From January to April, more than 240,000 people, including Chinese, Indonesians, Indians and others, accused of scam involvement "voluntarily departed" Cambodia, the government said last week. (Bssnews)