#ScamCentres

Global Issues

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2 weeks ago

UN Report Details Grave Abuses Against those Trafficked into Scam Centres GENEVA, February 23 (IPS) - A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office graphically details the lived experiences of some of the hundreds of thousands of people trafficked from dozens of countries around the world into working in entrenched scam operations mostly in Southeast Asia, as well as far beyond.

UN Report Details Grave #Abuses Against those Trafficked into #Scam Centres

#ScamCentres
#PeopleTrafficking
#ForcedLabor

Global Issues

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2 weeks ago

UN report exposes torture, rape in Southeast Asia’s multi-billion-dollar scam centres A sprawling online scam industry worth an estimated tens of billions of dollars a year is being powered by trafficked workers subjected to torture, sexual abuse and forced labour inside heavily guarded compounds in Southeast Asia, a new UN human rights report has found.

UN report exposes #torture, #rape in Southeast Asia’s multi-billion-dollar #scam centres

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#PeopleTrafficking
#ForcedLabor

Reganelite News 💙

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2 months ago

Cambodia to keep up crackdown on scam centres after arrest of alleged mastermind! #news #worldnews #cambodia #scam #china #scammers #asia #asianews #scamcentres

Sight Magazine

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2 months ago

Essay: Huge online scam operations are flourishing in war-torn Myanmar - I travelled there to find out why - Sight Magazine Researcher XU PENG explores why countries like Myanmar have become a hotspot for scam centre activity...

Essay: Huge online scam operations are flourishing in war-torn Myanmar – I travelled there to find out why. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Myanmar #scamcentres #China #Thailand #Myanmarscamcentres #ShweKokko

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4 months ago

Screenshot of UNODC Video 'Scam Artist or Human Trafficking?'

'Scam centres in southeast Asia are on the rise despite crackdowns...'
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'INTERPOL globalization of scam centres' 30th 6/25
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Video: 'Scam Artist or Human Trafficking Victim?' 10th 7/24
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#Slavery #ScamCentres

Reganelite News 💙

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4 months ago

Over 1,000 enter Thailand from Myanmar after scam hub raid! #news #worldnews #thailand #myanmar #asia #scammers #scamcentres #thailandnews #myanmarnews

Joseph Lim :mastodon:

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4 months ago

Not everyone in #Cambodia #scamcentres is an angel: #SouthKorea missionary
🧐""Rarely did youths come w a good heart to be good to their parents" Ok Hae-shil, missionary in CAM for 14yrs who helped some 🇰🇷ns ret home fr #scam compounds told Reuters. "Most... just wanted to make money think'g […]

Reganelite News 💙

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4 months ago

Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown - using Musk’s Starlink! #news #worldnews #myanmar #myanmarnews #asia #asianews #scam #crackdown #musk #scamcentres

Joseph Lim :mastodon:

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5 months ago

#Myanmar #scamcentres booming despite crackdown, using Musk’s Starlink
🧐"an #AFP #investigation has found. New buildings hv been springing up around #Myawaddy on #Thailand-Myanmar border, festooned w dishes for #Musk’s #Starlink.. Starlink has gone fr nowhere at the time of crackdown in Feb to […]

Joseph Lim :mastodon:

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5 months ago

#SouthKorea summons Cambodian envoy over job #scams targeting nationals
"# of reported kidnappings of Sth Koreans in #Cambodia – prev'ly aver'g 10-20 cases/year – surged to 220 in 2024 & 330 as of Aug 2025.. Per #AmnestyInternational, abuses in Cambodia’s #scamcentres r happening on a “mass […]

Ryan Winch

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8 months ago

Arrest warrant out for Cambodian casino owner The Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Cambodian property owner Kok An, accused of backing scam centres in Poipet.

Big news for the counter cyber-scam centre effort today, with a warrant issued for Kok An in #Thailand

#Cambodia #ScamCentres #OrganizedCrime
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Bangkok Tribune

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8 months ago

Amnesty accuses Cambodian government of allowing slavery and torture to flourish inside scamming compounds | Bangkok Tribune FacebookTweetLinkedInPin Visiting more than 50 scamming compounds in an 18-month-long research, Amnesty International (AI) said

Amnesty accuses Cambodian government of allowing slavery and torture to flourish inside scamming compounds

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#HumanRightsAbuses #ScamCentres #Cambodia #StateComplicity

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Sight Magazine

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1 year ago

Myanmar detains 270 foreigners from scam compounds on Thai border @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Myanmar #Thailand #scamcentres

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Sight Magazine

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1 year ago

Thailand cuts power, fuel and internet supply to parts of Myanmar - Sight Magazine Thailand has cut electricity, internet and fuel supplies to five border areas in Myanmar, a senior Thai minister said on Wednesday.

Thailand cuts power, fuel and internet supply to parts of Myanmar @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Thailand #Myanmar #scamcentres

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