Security forces uncover massive online financial scam network operating from Colombo’s super high-rise buildings. Foreign nationals arrested. Raids expand.
The roots of a massive network of online financial scams operating out of Sri Lanka are being uncovered these days. Security forces have arrested a large number of foreign nationals who were staying in the country without visas or on tourist visas, operating this organized criminal network. Instructions have now been received from the highest levels to further expand these raid operations.
According to intelligence information received so far, it is being confirmed that these foreign nationals have used super commercial high-rise buildings in Colombo city and its suburbs for their illegal operations. Posing as ordinary information technology institutes or investment companies, they carry out these financial scams, and law enforcement agencies are planning to launch special raid operations targeting these institutions in the future.
Security forces are paying close attention to offices operated by foreign nationals in locations such as One Galle Face, the World Trade Center, Cinnamon Life, and the Mireka Tower at Havelock City. It is suspected that such super office complexes, operating within a highly secure and luxurious environment, have become a perfect haven for international criminal networks to hide while throwing sand in the eyes of the law.
This is not merely a violation of visa laws; it is a precursor to a serious danger of transnational cybercrime syndicates turning Sri Lanka into their regional hub. According to recent revelations, many of these groups have been engaged in money laundering worth millions of dollars through online casinos, crypto scams, and other electronic financial frauds. Further reports indicate that security forces are planning to raid these super office complexes in the coming days to uproot this network, which operates by exploiting loopholes in the country’s laws.
