The Jamaican government has announced a sweeping crackdown on lottery scamming, describing the crime as a growing threat to the country’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry, one of its largest sources of foreign exchange earnings. The council expressed concern that lottery scamming has driven up the cost of doing business, weakening Jamaica’s competitiveness in the global outsourcing market. As part of the crackdown, the government plans to modernize lottery scam legislation and align its legal framework with international standards on cybercrime and digital fraud. Holness said Jamaica cannot aspire to become a leading nearshore outsourcing destination while allowing organized criminal enterprises to flourish. Get the Nearshore Americas Weekly Brief:He reiterated that “economic security is national security”, and said the government is committed to eliminating lottery scamming while supporting the industry’s transition toward higher-value knowledge process outsourcing and AI-enabled business services.