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Online Scams are a growing form of human trafficking, particularly in the sex trafficking of minors. Traffickers may use social media and other online platforms to lure vulnerable individuals into exploitation, using false promises of love or friendship to gain their trust. Once the victim has been lured into a relationship, the trafficker may begin to coerce them into performing sexual acts or sharing sexually explicit material. Online scams can be particularly difficult to investigate and prosecute, as traffickers can operate from anywhere in the world and may use encryption and other tools to conceal their activities.
How torture, inaction underpin UAE’s thriving sex trafficking industry African women trafficked into the UAE are forced into debt and subjected to threats and violence, as they are kept in sexual slavery. The case of Christy Gold, who has been charged with sex trafficking in Nigeria, highlights the torment endured by these women in the…
SINGAPORE: For the past several years, INTERPOL has been closely observing a growing crime phenomenon: large-scale human trafficking where victims are lured through fake job ads to online scam centres and forced to commit cyber-enabled financial crime on an industrial scale. The crime trend, which has seen tens of thousands trafficked in Southeast Asia and…
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning on fake job advertisements luring people to Southeast Asia, where “victims are held against their will and forced to conduct international crypto scams on victims.” These scammers usually place advertisements on social media and lure their victims by promising well-paying jobs. However, upon arrival,…
The United States-based organization Unbound Now has spent the last decade focused on the prevention of human trafficking, professional training, and survivor advocacy, establishing offices in Indonesia, Mongolia, Poland, and Cambodia. More recently, the NGO has become involved with the more complex criminal networks and rescue operations in Southeast Asia by establishing connections and networking…
Joint Statement 11 February 2023 The Eighth Ministerial Conference and Third Government and Business Forum of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime (Bali Process) co-chaired by the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia and Australia were held in Adelaide, Australia, 10 February 2023. The meetings reviewed developments in the Bali…
The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that 27.6 million people find themselves in situations of forced labor on any given day. Many of these cases stem from poor recruitment processes, including human trafficking, according to Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. “The government and private sector should work together to fight human trafficking. We should pay special attention to…
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s record of 38 years in power is currently exceeded by only three African despots. The presidents of Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and Uganda, Théodoros Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Paul Biya, and Yoweri Museveni, have all held power for longer than Hun Sen. Like him, they are political fossils who have done…
The ministries of Interior and Labour have laid out a six-month action plan to inspect the work status of foreigners, as it prepares to expand operations and combat all forms of human trafficking and labour exploitation. Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Samheng said the owners and managers of large businesses and manufacturing enterprises…
A SENATOR on Thursday urged government agencies to strengthen internal coordination as well as enhance cooperation with other southeast Asian countries to address human trafficking after a dozen Filipinos were recently rescued from allegedly illegal Chinese offshore companies operating in Myanmar. “We need tighter border control in the Philippines to ensure our countrymen are not…
Table of Contents | Introduction | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 Illustration: Nodjadong Boonprasert for GIJN The networks that smuggle people through the Golden Triangle are essentially the same as those that trade in drugs. The reason is simple: only those gangs know the routes and have the…
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