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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Akram Oubachir

Man sent to prison for trafficking victims to Myanmar scam compound

A sign near a military post warns people of the danger of being trafficked and forced to work in scam compounds across the Myanmar border, in Mae Sot, Thailand (file photo) - (AP)

A Moroccan court on Tuesday sentenced a man to five years in prison for human trafficking.

It is the African nation’s first ruling against someone for luring people to work in a scam compound in Asia.

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