The US foreign aid freeze could lead to more people being trafficked into online fraud compounds in Asia and more Americans and Australians being scammed, experts say.
Abdus Salam was enticed to move to Cambodia by the promise of a $US1,000 monthly salary as a computer operator.
According to the UN Human Rights Office hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked every year into online criminality each year in South-East Asia — from romance-investment scams to crypto fraud. Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos are major hotspots for online scam operations, where victims are often trafficked through Thailand via false recruitment schemes."It will increase because if these stakeholders stop their work combating this human trafficking and forced labour into slavery, a massive void will be left.""This is a win for traffickers," said Michael Brosowski, founder of Blue Dragon, a Vietnam-based NGO that assists in rescuing human trafficking victims.
To counter this problem, Blue Dragon developed a new approach in recent years, training and building grassroots systems to stop trafficking before it starts. While awareness of the issue has grown, Ms Macher emphasised that attention alone doesn't fund operations. She also underscored the dangers of working in authoritarian environments, where misinformation runs rampant.
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