Scam syndicates are involved in large-scale human trafficking, and have lured thousands of people to criminal hubs in South-east Asia with fake job offers, Interpol said. The international criminal police organisation on Wednesday issued an Orange Notice to its 195 member...
“It’s challenging a lot of preconceptions of human trafficking, victims are people who are in very vulnerable situations... These criminal groups are now targeting people who are actually highly qualified, people who have university degrees, who are trained in IT and who are tech-savvy,” he said, adding that anyone can fall victim.
In the early stages, the victims were Mandarin-speaking from China, Malaysia, Thailand or Singapore, who were enticed to travel to other countries in the region for work.The online scam centres were initially concentrated in Cambodia but were later identified in Laos and Myanmar. Hubs have since been identified in at least four more Asian countries.
“Just about anyone in the world could fall victim to either the human trafficking or the online scams carried out through these criminal hubs. Much stronger international police cooperation is needed to stop this crime trend from spreading further,” he added. “There certain subtle incoherencies that are key to finding out that the job is not as legitimate as it might look,” he said, adding that scammers might use different company names on different sites.The Straits Times has contacted the Singapore Police Force to ascertain if there are reports of Singaporeans who have been kept against their will overseas by these criminal groups.
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