Amnesty International Accuses Cambodia Of Supporting Scam Online Industry
Amnesty International accused the Cambodian government of deliberately ignoring cybercrimes masterminded by syndicates proven to be trafficking people from around the world, including children, of slavery in online scam places.
The London-based human rights group said it had identified 53 online scam centers and dozens of online scam locations across Cambodia, including the country's capital, Phnom Penh.
Based on his report, Amnesty explained that the scam online places are like prisons, surrounded by tall fences with barbed wire, including gunmen guarding victims of human trafficking who are forced to deceive people around the world online.
The victims of human trafficking, continued the report, are vulnerable to being subjected to punishment including electric shocks, confinement in dark rooms, and beatings, if they refuse orders to do online scams.
Amnesty said his findings reveal the existence of a "state failure pattern" that allows the billion-dollar industry to thrive in Cambodia, including failures to investigate human rights violations, identify and assist victims, and regulate security companies and torture tools.
"Tricked, traded, and slaved, these victims from these places of fraud illustrate that they are caught in a real nightmare listed in criminal companies operating with clear approval from the Cambodian government," said Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard, quoted by Reuters.
Amnesty said that the Cambodian government tends to be cold without responding to a list of online scam places in his country.
Even when the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking shared data related to strong locations for the operation of online scams, the Cambodian Government was unclear whether to intervene by identifying, investigating, or adjudicating individuals related to this case.
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