Accounts of Trafficking in Cambodia Escalate in Regional Media

[geovalin]

Taiwanese prosecutors allege ransom and electric shocks at Cambodian compounds, Malaysian media report a holidayer allegedly kidnapped then sold into scam work, and a Vietnamese newspaper says 10 countries are pressing Cambodia to cooperate on human trafficking.

 

Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam have each suggested that thousands of their nationals could be stuck in illegal Cambodian scam operations, according to regional media whose coverage of scams and trafficking in Cambodia has escalated in recent weeks.

 

Cambodian authorities have pledged action against the human trafficking, and have rescued hundreds of victims and arrested managers and drivers. They have also promised action against the owners of trafficking compounds, though there has so far been little acknowledgement of the massive global scam industry that has taken root in the country.

 

read more https://vodenglish.news/accounts-of-trafficking-in-cambodia-escalate-in-regional-media/

 

 

[my friend I]

There was a report in the Malaysian press that some Malaysians didn't want to be rescued because they had done a runner from Malaysia because they had debts to money lenders