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Sri Lanka has arrested 1,093 foreign nationals in cybercrime and financial fraud operations during 2026, nearly double the previous year's figure, as police intensify efforts against organized online scam networks targeting regional victims.
Two retired Sri Lankan security officials have announced plans to contest death sentences imposed for their role in the failure to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings, which claimed 279 lives.
Malaysian authorities have connected a 23-year-old arrested in Sri Lanka with an alleged cocaine smuggling attempt to an international drug trafficking organisation, marking another case of regional criminal networks exploiting couriers.
Sri Lanka's former spy chief Suresh Sallay, once a respected counterterrorism expert who spoke at the Pentagon and UN, has been arrested and accused by his government of orchestrating the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 279 people. The dramatic reversal raises questions about intelligence operations and political power.