UN report exposes torture, rape in Southeast Asia’s multi-billion-dollar scam centres (news.un.org)
from new_otters_raft@piefed.ca to world@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 23:00
https://piefed.ca/c/world/p/542748/un-report-exposes-torture-rape-in-southeast-asias-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.

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JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz on 23 Feb 01:41 next collapse

Torture, Rape, and a multi billion dollar scam?

If they aren’t careful they’re liable to get themselves elected President of the United States.

faizalr@fedia.io on 23 Feb 02:39 next collapse

Which country in SEA?

baltakatei@sopuli.xyz on 23 Feb 02:52 collapse

66 countries

Yes.

bearboiblake@pawb.social on 23 Feb 03:28 collapse

And in the west, we make monetized content exploiting them, making them perform like circus animals, and feel justified doing so because they’re scammers.