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11th March 2026
The Human Cost of Southeast Asia's Scam Centers
The tech giant Meta says it has disabled more than 150,000 accounts linked to scam networks operating in Southeast Asian countries, including Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.
Inside so-called scam compounds, trafficked workers are forced to run online fraud operations, targeting victims around the world.
National authorities in the region have launched a series of crackdowns earlier this year, freeing hundreds of people from these centres.
But what happens to those victims once they are released? Our reporter, Livia Sasso, has more.
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