Is this documented? If true, I suspect the image of Indian criminals being beyond the reach of the law stems from the spam call problem.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-and-operator-india-base...
Your link [1] mentions no sign of Indian law enforcement. Instead, “Singapore authorities apprehended Patel at the request of the United States…after Patel flew there from India…charges remain pending for other India-based defendants.”
[1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-and-operator-india-base...
In Massive Op Against Cyber Fraud, CBI Raids 105 Locations Across India: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-massive-op-against-cyber-...
On inputs from FBI and Interpol, CBI, police forces search 105 locations to combat cyber crime: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cbi-operation-target...
Aug 4 2022: Fake call centre: Cyber cell contacts FBI, CBI & ED: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/fake-call-...
Sure. I am just pushing back on “very well enforced.” It’s not. Not out of malice. But because the problem is hard.
That guy or gal calling your grandparents about that "fixing that virus" or "refunding that amazon purchase" begs to differ...
The article makes it seem that India as a whole is operating in some North Korea-ish way.
A US citizen can well complain to CERT-IN (https://www.cert-in.org.in/) for any reported cybercrime with proper documents and it will be treated as an enforceable crime.
In fact, quite funny considering the US Chambers of Commerce have filed an appeal with CERT-IN that the compliance requirements are very stringent (https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/cert-in...)