Inside the ‘living hell’ of Cambodia’s scam operations

Trafficked, beaten and locked up far from his family in China, Lu was one of thousands of people in Cambodia forced to operate online scams to line their captors’ pockets.

Covid shutdowns had left the builder out of work, so when he heard he could earn $2,000 a month on a construction project in Cambodia, he jumped at the chance.

But he soon realised he had been lured by a scamming gang to a compound in the seaside resort of Sihanoukville, along with hundreds of others.

In full: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221109-inside-the-living-hell-of-cambodia-s-scam-operations

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