South-East Asia Cyberscam Victims Face International Crisis Due to Lack of Support

Destitute survivors of south-east Asia’s cyberscam farms an ‘international crisis’

Not enough support for freed victims, say aid agencies, with growing numbers sleeping on the streets, unable to travel home without passports or money Charities and aid workers have called for urgent international government support for victims of south-east Asia’s deadly scam compounds, following a damning report by Amnesty International. The numbers of survivors of cyberscam “farms” left destitute and abandoned on the city streets of Cambodia and Myanmar is an “international crisis”, accor...

By Rebecca Root