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by unishark 2322 days ago
It seems like a small story about a small bust, but if you keep reading the story keeps going. They are directly going after the scammers too.

> "Police have since worked with Indian authorities to carry out a flurry of raids against suspected illegal call centres in the country. Canadian officials said Friday they know of 39 call centres, in the New Delhi and Noida area, that have been shut down.

"Ogden said still others will face police scrutiny and that he anticipates more arrests and charges "in the next few weeks."

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Yeah, but is 39 call centers a lot, or just the tip of the iceberg? It wouldn't really surprise me if there were hundreds of these companies, but I don't know.
Probably hundreds of them at least. But there may be only a smaller fraction of them targeting Canada.