A Chinese actor was enslaved in a compound running online scams (archive.is)

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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/

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[-] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

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.