The Chinese government is beefing up its crackdown against illegal Internet activities. This time, the country is tapping its neighbors in Southeast Asia for help in what it called “fight against cross-border cybercrime.”

Chinese media Xinhua quoted Zhong Zhong, deputy chief of the Ministry of Public Security’s Internet Security Bureau, who said recent trends in cybercrime now include “terrorist cells using the Internet to spread extremism, recruit members, plot attacks and conduct money laundering.”

According to the ministry official, more than 90 percent of online fraud and gambling sites that target Chinese residents use overseas servers and virtual private networks (VPN).

Last month, Chinese police brought the axe down on a cross-border online gambling network that involves a Philippine-based site. A total of 125 people were arrested in the Heilongjiang province, and the main suspect in the case—Bo Wang—was deported from Manila after spending six months in immigration detention.