“But the crackdown has created a secondary crisis: thousands of stranded foreign workers transported to Cambodia by the online scam operators and forced to work as hostage employees are now roaming the streets of Phnom Penh, after being freed when the scam operations closed. NGOs, including Amnesty International, say many of the workers are victims of human trafficking. They are now at the center of a silent humanitarian crisis in Cambodia, aid workers say, left with few options and abandoned amid the highly-publicized government crackdown.”
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Enslaved people being forced to scam people is a disturbing phenomenon. In this case, there are thousands of freed slaves with nowhere to go and no support from the government. These people are being fined daily for overstaying visas.
This crackdown was prompted by US sanctions. I’m glad the scam centers were shutdown but it’s horrible how the former slaves have been neglected by Cambodia.
Slavery was also used by scammers in Myanmar: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gdrvy9gjo