US EditionAmnesty Report Accuses Cambodia of Enabling Brutal Billion-Dollar Scam Industry
- Amnesty International published a report revealing mass-scale abuses and growing scam compounds in Cambodia where trafficked victims endure forced labor and torture.
- The report attributes the expansion of at least 53 scam compounds mainly to Cambodian government inaction amid corruption, despite some law enforcement raids.
- Survivors, including an 18-year-old Thai man held for seven months and tortured in 2023, describe brutal conditions and coercion to scam victims worldwide.
- The scam industry, generating over $12.5 billion annually, employs mostly non-Cambodians and demands monthly targets of one million baht , with most workers unpaid.
- Amnesty and experts urge the Cambodian government to act effectively to end abuses and shut down these compounds, warning that current measures remain woefully insufficient.
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