TOKYO -- Criminal groups in Southeast Asia are believed to be forcing thousands of human trafficking victims to work on the front lines of online scams, raising alarm over the growing scale of their operations.
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Southeast Asian gangs turn to human trafficking to run online scams
Growing criminal operations cost victims up to $37bn in 2023, U.N. estimates
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At least 300 people were detained in an August raid on an online scam operation in Myanmar. (United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights)
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