Online “boiler room” rackets have long had a presence across South-East Asia but in recent months more details have emerged of people being trafficked and forced to work.Victims have reported travelling to Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos on false promises of romance or high-paying jobs.
“The defendants committed crimes with no regard for lives that severely violated human rights... and seriously damaged our country’s international image,” the prosecutors said.Another Hongkonger returns home after being caught up in South-East Asia forced labour scamLast month Taiwan set up an inter-ministry task force to track down and help victims trafficked into boiler room scams in South-East Asia.
Human-trafficking crisis: captive Hongkonger tells how trip to Thailand turned into 3-month nightmare under forced labour Last month dozens of Vietnamese casino workers allegedly forced to toil without pay in Cambodia fled back to their homeland by swimming across a river.
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