CRUEL MYANMAR FRAUDSTERS TORTURE AND KILL TRAFFICKED SCAMMER SLAVES, HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIALS CLAIM
November 17th, 2024
USA government human rights investigators and human trafficking victims in Myanmar have told Fraud Intelligence of how a lawless town on the border with Thailand has become a forced labour hub, where kidnap victims must take part in phone or cyber scams, or face violence, torture or even death.
Jason Tower, country director for the Burma programme at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), an independent and Congress-funded body founded by US federal legislation, told FI of the Shwe Kokko centre: “There are reports that some are sold to black market organ ...
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