Cambodia: Government allows slavery and torture to flourish inside hellish scamming compounds (www.amnesty.org)
from Pro@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 08:00
https://reddthat.com/post/44437339

  • Amnesty visits more than 50 scamming compounds in 18-month long research
  • Testimony from survivors details human trafficking, slavery and forced labour affecting thousands
  • Findings point towards state complicity in abuses carried out by Chinese criminal gangs

The Cambodian government is deliberately ignoring a litany of human rights abuses including slavery, human trafficking, child labour and torture being carried out by criminal gangs on a vast scale in more than 50 scamming compounds located across the country, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.

Survivors interviewed for the report, “I Was Someone Else’s Property”, believed they were applying for genuine jobs but were instead trafficked to Cambodia, where they were held in prison-like compounds and forced to conduct online scams in a billion-dollar shadow economy defrauding people around the world.

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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 26 Jun 10:38 next collapse

“Scamming compound” is not a word I wanted to add to my dictionary. Look at this shit:

<img alt="Compound Cambodia" src="https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/May-20-2025-AmnestyInterational-Cambodia10-2048x1364.jpg">

That’s methodical, structured, newly built, and completely fenced in. It couldn’t have happened without the government at least looking the other way.

jaybone@lemmy.zip on 26 Jun 11:54 collapse

This vaguely mentions “online scams”. Wonder what type of scams they are talking about.

Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee on 26 Jun 14:08 collapse

It’s those texts that try to engage you in conversation.

Tower@lemmy.zip on 26 Jun 18:12 collapse

What do you mean?

Danquebec@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 19:59 collapse

I’ve received a few texts in the past, or messages in WhatsApp, that start by a message apparently sent to the wrong person. Sometimes they had the photo of an a young attractive lady. When you reply, they continue conversing anyway, as if they were bored. By after a while, it gets pretty clear it’s fake. I had one go from broken English short messages to elaborate ChatGPT messages to feign interest in fringe interests I expressed having.

Tower@lemmy.zip on 26 Jun 20:28 collapse

Oh. Sorry for the dumb question. I’m new to this whole Lemmy thing. I’m trying to make friends and you seem chill. What do you like to do for fun when no one’s around?

Danquebec@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 21:19 collapse

Not a dumb question and welcome to Lemmy! Not sure if this is a joke or not considering what we were just discussing just now but I’ll send you a PM in case you mean it.

slackassassin@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 21:36 next collapse

Wholesome AF right here.

Tower@lemmy.zip on 26 Jun 22:23 collapse

Yeah, it was a joke. But you responding in such an earnest way proves that you really are an awesome person.

Danquebec@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 22:37 collapse

Thanks! That’s really nice of you.