""around 7,000 people from a brutal call center-like system that runs on greed, human trafficking and violence,""
""Freed workers from Asia, Africa and elsewhere showed AFP journalists the scars and bruises of beatings they said were inflicted by their bosses. They said they had been forced to work around the clock, trawling for victims for a plethora of phone and Internet scams.""
""Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations responsible for bilking people all over the world. These usually involve gaining victims' confidence online with romantic ploys and bogus investment pitches. The centers are infamous for recruiting workers from other countries under false pretenses, promising them legitimate jobs and then holding them captive and forcing them to carry out criminal activities.""
""Despite Starlink use being strictly monitored and, in some cases, restricted through geofencing, organized crime groups appear to have found ways around existing security protocols in order to access the remote high-speed Internet connectivity made possible by this portable technology," the report said."
Criminal-run fraud factories in Myanmar's border region employ trafficked workers forced into round-the-clock scamming, with around 7,000 people freed after a previous crackdown. Freed workers from Asia, Africa and elsewhere bore scars and bruises from beatings and said they were compelled to trawl for victims across phone and Internet scams. Analysts link the factories to Chinese criminal syndicates often overseen by Myanmar militias receiving tacit junta backing in exchange for security. Myanmar hosts cyberscam operations using romantic and investment ploys and deceptive recruitment. The UNODC reported seizures of about 80 Starlink dishes tied to fraud and warned criminals circumvent geofencing to access portable high-speed internet. US lawmakers urged SpaceX to prevent criminal use of satellite connectivity.
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