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Cambodia: Govt. rescue 75 foreign victims of human trafficking in Oddar Meanchey province in ongoing efforts to combat surging online scams and human trafficking
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Cambodia: Govt. step up raid operations to rescue victims of online scams and human trafficking following international pressure
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Cambodia: Amid international pressure on human trafficking and scams, Ministry of Labour's official reminds employers of illegal confinement of employees
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Cambodia: Victims from Southeast Asian countries are forced to work as scammers in Cambodia; victims work long hours without pays and freedom of movement
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Cambodia: Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities rescue and repatriate over 1,000 Vietnamese victims of forced labour and online scams in Cambodia
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Cambodia: Malaysian and Cambodian authorities rescue and repatriate 261 Malaysian victims of job scams from Cambodia & vow further cooperation to combat scamming syndicates
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Cambodia: Prime Minister calls for effective cooperations between States and NGOs stakeholders as human trafficking is a global issue
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Malaysia PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob vows action to tackle overseas job scams as more victims emerge
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Cambodia scams: Lured and trapped into slavery in South East Asia
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Cambodia: 15 Thais arrested for cyber fraud as police step up fight against trafficking syndicates
Foreign nationals are being trafficked to Cambodia through online scams, and some are subject to torture and even death. Survivors and human rights experts are calling for law enforcement to take action.
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Indonesia & Cambodia crack down job scams for fraudulent investment companies or gambling websites
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Cambodia: 26 Vietnamese victims of human trafficking in online scams are rescued and repatriated to Vietnam after a video showing workers running out of a workplace goes viral
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Southeast Asia: Human trafficking syndicates target college graduates to work for phone scam operations
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Cambodia: 42 Vietnamese victims of forced labour flee workplace casino in Cambodia; one is reported to be drown to death while swimming across a lake
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Southeast Asia: Special Economic Zones in Mekong region become hub for scam operations and human trafficking as organised crime groups grow
Special Economic Zones and self-governing statelets across the Mekong region have become conduits for human trafficking on a massive scale
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Cambodia: Indonesian Govt. claim that 53 Indonesian victims of online scams being held in Sihanoukville's casino