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Hundreds of foreigners nabbed at scam centre in Batam

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Officers from Batam Immigration Office raided an international scam centre syndicate operating out of Baloi View Apartment in Batam city, Riau Islands, on April 6.

Officers from Batam Immigration Office raided an international scam centre syndicate operating out of Baloi View Apartment in Batam city, Riau Islands, on April 6.

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- Hundreds of foreigners were nabbed during a raid by immigration officers against an international scamming syndicate at Baloi View Apartment in Lubuk Baja, Batam, Indonesia, on May 6.

Batam Immigration Office head Wahyu Eka Putra confirmed the raid netted hundreds of foreigners, although the final number was still being counted.

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