Threats force anti-trafficking NGO director out of Cambodia

Jacob Sims spoke out about kingdom's booming slave-based scam industry

20230622 Poipet drone shot night

Even on weekends, the lights burn all night in Poipet, a casino hub in Cambodia facing Thailand's Aranyaprathet. Sophisticated scamming and online gambling operations run 24-7.

JACK BROOK, Contributing writer

PHNOM PENH -- The director of a major anti-human trafficking campaign group in Cambodia has been prevented from returning to the country by his organization after he publicly spoke out against the kingdom's booming online fraud industry based on slave labour.

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