The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has raided an illegal call center in sector G-8/4 of Islamabad and arrested over 150 young men and women working there. According to the NCCIA, none of those arrested is a foreigner, and females outnumber males. It is pertinent to mention here that the NCCIA has conducted a series of major raids on illegal and fraudulent call centers across Islamabad as part of a nationwide operation against cybercrime and financial fraud.

On September 22, the NCCIA raided three call centers in Islamabad, taking 212 individuals into custody for their alleged involvement in international fraud schemes. In a statement, the spokesperson said the NCCIA’s Islamabad unit had launched a major crackdown on illegal call centers as part of efforts to curb organised cyber fraud. “Raids were conducted on 3 call centres established in Sectors E-11 and G-10, resulting in a total of 212 individuals being taken into custody,” according to the spokesperson. He added that the detainees included Chinese and Pakistani men and women.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)