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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.
IOM, UNHCR, UNODC joint press statement Bangkok – In wake of the Bali Process celebrating its 20th anniversary, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN’S Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have called on the States involved in the Bali Process to strengthen and enhance cooperation among…
MANILA, Philippines — A deep-dive investigation has been ordered by the chief of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) into the alleged use of fraudulent airport passes for human trafficking activities after four passengers masquerading as airport employees were arrested recently. “Following yesterday’s Senate hearing on trafficked overseas Filipino workers in Myanmar, MIAA General Manager…
An information campaign targeting Filipinos seeking to work abroad is necessary to help protect them from groups that will recruit them to work as scammers, Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople said Wednesday. In a TV interview, Ople said that aside from Myanmar, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is also looking at human trafficking incidents…
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng reiterated to the US ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy that Cambodia was committed to combating all forms of human trafficking, pointing to the complex nature of the crime today due to technology as one barrier to effective enforcement. Sar Kheng met with Murphy for talks on November 4 at…
Despite promises by government to eradicate trafficking rings, people are still being sold in Cambodia and forced to run online scams At 3.28am on 29 June 2021, Xu Mingjian crept out of a dorm room inside a gated compound in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, and made his way to the second floor, where his friend, another victim…
A joint law enforcement operation, codenamed Operation Jackal, mobilized 14 countries across four continents in a targeted strike against Black Axe and related West-African organized crime groups. Operation Jackal marks the first time INTERPOL has coordinated a global operation specifically against Black Axe, which is rapidly becoming a major security threat worldwide. Black Axe and…
Singapore: Australia will on Wednesday complete a deal with Thailand to counter human trafficking as the Albanese government confronts disturbing revelations of sexual exploitation of migrants by a criminal operation on Australian soil. In Bangkok for the latest leg of her south-east Asian charm offensive, Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will sign off on Australia’s…
While the GainBitcoin scam involved more than INR 90K Cr, this particular story of human trafficking and crypto fraud seems even more chilling and heinous Victims are forced to manage fake social media profiles and collect personal and financial data from people who can be potentially trapped in crypto fraud or online betting The company…
MANILA, Philippines — In separate raids in southern Metro Manila this week, police rescued 63 foreign nationals, all Asians, believed to be victims of human trafficking and forced to work for Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), officials said on Friday. Police Maj. Gen. Eliseo Cruz, chief of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management, said…
TAIPEI: Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday (Sep 2) indicted nine suspects on human trafficking charges for allegedly luring 88 people to Cambodia to toil in online scam syndicates that have become a …
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