Hacker News with Generative AI: Human Trafficking

Forced to scam others worldwide, now held in detention on the Myanmar border (apnews.com)
In former scam compounds across southeastern Myanmar thousands of freed workers are stuck in limbo. Rescued from their previous lives as cyber scammers, many are now waiting to be repatriated.
Cybercrime, Myanmar, Human Trafficking, Labor Exploitation
36 points by petethomas 24 days ago | 0 comments
China repatriates from Thailand 1k online scam workers rescued from Myanmar (apnews.com)
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China.
China, Myanmar, Human Trafficking, Crime, International Relations
10 points by walterbell 39 days ago | 1 comments
The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun (wired.com)
More than 200,000 people in Southeast Asia have been forced to run online scams in recent years, often being enslaved and brutalized, as part of criminal enterprises that have netted billions in stolen funds.
Cybercrime, Southeast Asia, Human Trafficking, Crime, Exploitation
13 points by sohkamyung 185 days ago | 1 comments