PH rescues over 1,000 trafficking victims

By Agence France-Presse

May 06, 2023 7:41 pm

Philippine authorities have rescued over a thousand people from several Asian nations who were trafficked into the country, held captive and forced to run online scams, an official said Saturday.

International alarm has grown in recent months over internet scams in the region often staffed by trafficking victims tricked or coerced into promoting bogus crypto investments.

This handout photo taken on May 4, 2023 and received from the Philippine National Police anti-Cybercrime group on May 6 shows rescued trafficked people from Asian countries waiting for their turn to be documented by authorities after a police raid inside a freeport zone in Mabalacat City, in Pampanga province, north of Manila. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ANTI-CYBERCRIME GROUP

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