- Amnesty visits more than 50 scamming compounds in 18-month long research
- Testimony from survivors details human trafficking, slavery and forced labour affecting thousands
- Findings point towards state complicity in abuses carried out by Chinese criminal gangs
The Cambodian government is deliberately ignoring a litany of human rights abuses including slavery, human trafficking, child labour and torture being carried out by criminal gangs on a vast scale in more than 50 scamming compounds located across the country, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
Survivors interviewed for the report, “I Was Someone Else’s Property”, believed they were applying for genuine jobs but were instead trafficked to Cambodia, where they were held in prison-like compounds and forced to conduct online scams in a billion-dollar shadow economy defrauding people around the world.
I’ve received a few texts in the past, or messages in WhatsApp, that start by a message apparently sent to the wrong person. Sometimes they had the photo of an a young attractive lady. When you reply, they continue conversing anyway, as if they were bored. By after a while, it gets pretty clear it’s fake. I had one go from broken English short messages to elaborate ChatGPT messages to feign interest in fringe interests I expressed having.
Oh. Sorry for the dumb question. I’m new to this whole Lemmy thing. I’m trying to make friends and you seem chill. What do you like to do for fun when no one’s around?
Not a dumb question and welcome to Lemmy! Not sure if this is a joke or not considering what we were just discussing just now but I’ll send you a PM in case you mean it.
Yeah, it was a joke. But you responding in such an earnest way proves that you really are an awesome person.
Thanks! That’s really nice of you.
Wholesome AF right here.