Tag: scam centers

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) welcomed the release of 78 Filipinos who had been detained in Myanmar after being trafficked to work in...

“The nation has emerged as a hot spot for crime syndicates running a multibillion-dollar fraud industry” BRUSSELS — Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet said Wednesday...

GENEVA – The UN human rights agency on Friday called on governments to clamp down on scam centers, which have mushroomed in Southeast Asia...

Manila, Philippines—A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced Alice Guo, a Chinese national who became a mayor while masquerading as a Filipina, and seven others to...

SEOUL – Eighty South Koreans who were possible victims of fake jobs or scam centers were unaccounted for in Cambodia, South Korea’s foreign ministry...

Nairobi, Kenya—Starved, beaten and electrocuted, Ahmed remains traumatized months after being trafficked to Southeast Asia, one of an untold number of Africans forced to work...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia—Cambodian police said Monday they have raided two locations in a city on the Thai border in a crackdown on online scam centers...

Manila, Philippines—Philippine police arrested more than 450 people in a raid on an allegedly Chinese-run offshore gaming operator in Manila, the country's anti-organized crime commission...

SHWE KOKKO, Myanmar – Battered and bruised Chinese workers from online scam centers in Myanmar faced an anxious wait to return home, as Beijing...