Of the 4,679 Taiwanese who have traveled to Cambodia over the past year and did not return, 306 might be victims of fraud or human trafficking, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said on Monday.
The bureau based its findings on interviews with family members or contacts of Taiwanese who did not return from the Southeast Asian country.
Government agencies have been under pressure to act against fraud rings that have lured Taiwanese and other Chinese-speakers to Cambodia with the promise of high-paying jobs. Once there, they are allegedly forced into labor, held for ransom or sold to traffickers.
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