The United Nations estimated in a report last August that more than 200,000 people are being forced to work as scammers in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
Paywalled source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/22/myanmar-cyberscams-china-trafficking/
3 Comments
WanderingVentra@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y
Holy shit what a scary and sad story. I thought it was going to end with a police raid or something, but his mom just paid the random by selling their house 😠Of course the police suck in every country, too.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y
Yep. But in some nations we know they would respond to mass slavery in their jurisdiction.
By raiding and mowing down all in the building with machine guns?
celeste@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 2y
An old lady I worked for with dementia got scammed on facebook by people who sound like this. I was inclined to hate the scammers for targeting the disabled, but, holy shit. Those poor people.