According to Fox News, Meta, in collaboration with the FBI, the U.S. Department of Justice, Thai police, Microsoft, Coinbase, Starlink, and others, has launched its largest anti-fraud operation to date, targeting Southeast Asian scam hubs and transnational criminal networks. The operation began on May 18 and lasted for two weeks, during which Thai police arrested 63 individuals suspected of being involved with scam centers. Meta stated that it has removed approximately 1.4 million scam-related accounts, pages, and groups on Facebook and Instagram; Coinbase froze over $3 million in crypto assets linked to the criminal network; the types of scams involved include pig-butchering schemes, crypto investment scams, romance scams, and some hubs are also involved in forced labor.