Hundreds of thousands forced to scam in SE Asia: UN

2023-08-30 14:46

The UN report is the first comprehensive study of the scale of the problem.

A new UN report estimates that hundreds of thousands of people from around the world have been trafficked to Southeast Asia to run online scams.

At least 120,000 people in Myanmar, and another 100,000 in Cambodia, have been forced into working these scams.

Most victims are men from Asia,...