Cyber scam traffickers targeting professionals across Asia.
They’re educated and tech-savvy and have been trafficked into forced labor in Southeast Asia by cyber scam traffickers. A growing number of professionals across Asia are being forced into cyber scam operations that dupe people out of their money.
They are seduced with promises of high-paying jobs to Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries only to be held captive, forced to work as cybercriminals. Experts say cyber scam traffickers have exploited unemployment from the Covid-19 pandemic to lure tens of thousands of people.
For CNN’s My Freedom Day, Kristie Lu Stout reports on the growing human trafficking trend that is targeting new, unsuspecting victims of modern-day slavery. One victim tells her: “You can earn $20,000 for one person you scam. Many (traffickers) would be willing to do it, even if it means selling their relatives and friends. Everyone can be their target.”