The victims are believed to have been lured to the Philippines with the promise of employment with a licensed Philippine offshore gaming operator.
However, police suspect the business might be a front used to conduct illegal activities like love scams and cryptocurrency scams.
More than half of those rescued were Filipino nationals, while the remaining 1,190 were foreigners, with Chinese nationals in the majority, followed by Vietnamese, Indonesians and Malaysians.Police Captain Michelle Sabino, who is the spokesman for the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group, said the authorities are still trying to determine who are the victims, and who were those involved in the human trafficking scheme.
She said: “They were recruited via Facebook and they knew they were going to work in the Philippines. The suspected victims were found in a compound owned by Xinchuang Network Technology, which Philippine authorities suspect of being involved in fraudulent activities, similar to another operation in Mabalacat city, about 90km north of Manila that unravelled in May.
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