Security News > 2024 > April > India rescues 250 citizens enslaved by Cambodian cybercrime gang
The Indian government says it rescued and repatriated 250 citizens who sought jobs in Cambodia, only to be forced into conducting cybercrime once they arrived.
India Today reports that there are at least 5,000 more held captive in Cambodia and forced to launch scams that have generated nearly $60,000,000 in the last six months.
One of the rescued scammers reports that he had come to Cambodia to fill out a data entry job but was instead forced into living in horrid conditions while carrying out scams coordinated by a team of Chinese and Malaysian scammers.
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