Myanmar scam center survivors recall torture and coercion (www.japantimes.co.jp)
from celeste@kbin.earth to world@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 13:46
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Yotor and his countrymen are among 260 people, most of them human-trafficking victims, who were sent from Myanmar to Thailand last week as a multinational crackdown on scam centers along the border between the two countries gathers pace.

For years, according to the United Nations, criminal gangs have trafficked hundreds of thousands of people to scam compounds across Southeast Asia, including along the Thai-Myanmar frontier, where victims have been forced to work in illegal online operations.

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aldfin@lemm.ee on 20 Feb 15:59 collapse

For those interested in the topic I’d definitely recommend listening to the Scam Inc podcast series from the Economist, it’s a great series and first 4 episodes are free to listen as far as I know.

LongLive@lemmy.world on 20 Feb 20:35 collapse

I feel intrigued. Is there anything from the series that surprised you?

aldfin@lemm.ee on 21 Feb 07:06 collapse

Well for me the most surprising thing perhaps was just the sheer scale and sophistication of the scam industry as well as the fact that some of the victims of the scams were in positions where they should have known better and were in positions where they made a lot of damage to the surrounding community.