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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kaamil Ahmed

Gangs forcing hundreds of thousands of people into cybercrime in south-east Asia, says UN

Rescued trafficked people from Asian countries waiting to be documented, Philippines
Trafficked people from all over Asia wait to be processed after a police raid inside a freeport zone in Mabalacat City, Philippines. Photograph: Philippine National Police/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced to work for online scamming operations in south-east Asia run by criminal gangs, according to a UN report.

Billions of dollars are being generated each year by gangs who coerce victims into cybercrime, where they are subject to threats, torture and sometimes sexual violence, said the report, published by the UN human rights office on Tuesday.

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