Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars.
Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or worse.
(Published 2022)
Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or worse.
(Published 2022)
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or…
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June 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars.
Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or worse.
(Published 2022)
Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or worse.
(Published 2022)
5/ Important note: Many of the workers are also victims of human trafficking who’ve been tricked into working inside these fraud factories.
Here’s Cezary's report on the crushing cycle of victimization involved in pig-butchering scams:
Here’s Cezary's report on the crushing cycle of victimization involved in pig-butchering scams:
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
July 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
5/ Important note: Many of the workers are also victims of human trafficking who’ve been tricked into working inside these fraud factories.
Here’s Cezary's report on the crushing cycle of victimization involved in pig-butchering scams:
Here’s Cezary's report on the crushing cycle of victimization involved in pig-butchering scams:
Must read: The fastest-growing form of labor trafficking today is happening in Southeast Asia, where thousands of foreigners are enslaved in cyberscamming compounds.
Officials haven't been able to stop it, but these ministries are trying to.
www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...
Officials haven't been able to stop it, but these ministries are trying to.
www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...
Crypto Cons, Beatings, and Prayers for Deliverance
Inside Asia’s forced cyberscamming industry and the ministries trying to end it.
www.christianitytoday.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Must read: The fastest-growing form of labor trafficking today is happening in Southeast Asia, where thousands of foreigners are enslaved in cyberscamming compounds.
Officials haven't been able to stop it, but these ministries are trying to.
www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...
Officials haven't been able to stop it, but these ministries are trying to.
www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...
> seemingly happy, successful, and work to get info from you. The pig butchering farms do this en masse, on telegraph, by text, on Meta, X, here. If you get a hello or "why do I have your number" delete and report immediately.
Great article here
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Great article here
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
January 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
> seemingly happy, successful, and work to get info from you. The pig butchering farms do this en masse, on telegraph, by text, on Meta, X, here. If you get a hello or "why do I have your number" delete and report immediately.
Great article here
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Great article here
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
(For context, don't miss this @christianitytoday.com #longread on the cyberscamming compounds, which prey on investors conned into crypto hustles and on the workers trafficked and held captive to make the calls www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...)
Crypto Cons, Beatings, and Prayers for Deliverance
Inside Asia’s forced cyberscamming industry and the ministries trying to end it.
www.christianitytoday.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
(For context, don't miss this @christianitytoday.com #longread on the cyberscamming compounds, which prey on investors conned into crypto hustles and on the workers trafficked and held captive to make the calls www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...)
I mean, there's layers to the misery. There's a good chance the scammers aren't scamming by choice.
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
May 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I mean, there's layers to the misery. There's a good chance the scammers aren't scamming by choice.
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
The issue is that spam isn’t merely an annoyance, it’s a major driver of human trafficking. www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
May 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The issue is that spam isn’t merely an annoyance, it’s a major driver of human trafficking. www.propublica.org/article/huma...
EXTREME. I haven't been this deeply disturbed since... damn.
Men, women, children!
2022, hopefully the horrific abuse has decreased in 2025
#Cybercrime #Scams
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Men, women, children!
2022, hopefully the horrific abuse has decreased in 2025
#Cybercrime #Scams
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
EXTREME. I haven't been this deeply disturbed since... damn.
Men, women, children!
2022, hopefully the horrific abuse has decreased in 2025
#Cybercrime #Scams
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Men, women, children!
2022, hopefully the horrific abuse has decreased in 2025
#Cybercrime #Scams
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Insanity
How Human Traffickers Force Victims Into Cyberscamming — ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
How Human Traffickers Force Victims Into Cyberscamming — ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
June 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Insanity
How Human Traffickers Force Victims Into Cyberscamming — ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
How Human Traffickers Force Victims Into Cyberscamming — ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
well, yeah, I gotta do the anti-cyberscamming one soon and then it'll be time to renew my fire extinguisher training...
March 1, 2024 at 4:57 PM
well, yeah, I gotta do the anti-cyberscamming one soon and then it'll be time to renew my fire extinguisher training...
Plus, many "direct" donations go to the Chinese mafia controlling human trafficked scammers running expertly faked accounts. www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Cannot overstate how good these operations are at fooling people with fake documents, photos, videos, phone numbers, calls, everything.
Cannot overstate how good these operations are at fooling people with fake documents, photos, videos, phone numbers, calls, everything.
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Plus, many "direct" donations go to the Chinese mafia controlling human trafficked scammers running expertly faked accounts. www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Cannot overstate how good these operations are at fooling people with fake documents, photos, videos, phone numbers, calls, everything.
Cannot overstate how good these operations are at fooling people with fake documents, photos, videos, phone numbers, calls, everything.
When Cambodia hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in 2022, a subsidiary of Prince Group made limited-edition luxury watches for Hun Sen, who gifted them to world leaders attending. wapo.st/3Jww6TM
How one cyberscamming syndicate used Singapore for legitimacy
The chairman of Prince Group, indicted over online scams, and his associates took advantage of Singapore’s reputation as a stable and predictable financial capital.
wapo.st
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
When Cambodia hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in 2022, a subsidiary of Prince Group made limited-edition luxury watches for Hun Sen, who gifted them to world leaders attending. wapo.st/3Jww6TM
Look Inside an Internet Scamming Factory: “With millions of people falling victim to online shakedowns every year, the cyberscamming industry has quickly grown into one of the world’s most lucrative criminal enterprises, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
At This Office Park, Scamming the World Was the Business
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Look Inside an Internet Scamming Factory: “With millions of people falling victim to online shakedowns every year, the cyberscamming industry has quickly grown into one of the world’s most lucrative criminal enterprises, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
All those “Hi” messages in your DMs are probably someone being human trafficked, trying to defraud you for their captors. www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
All those “Hi” messages in your DMs are probably someone being human trafficked, trying to defraud you for their captors. www.propublica.org/article/huma...
This is horrifying. Human trafficking getting worse and worse...and those scammers who call you? Most likely they are hostages...
#Humantrafficking #Scams #Horrifying
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
#Humantrafficking #Scams #Horrifying
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is horrifying. Human trafficking getting worse and worse...and those scammers who call you? Most likely they are hostages...
#Humantrafficking #Scams #Horrifying
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
#Humantrafficking #Scams #Horrifying
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Were these church leaders part of global human trafficking cartels or did they just exploit and imprison vulnerable people, perhaps using religion as coercion?
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Were these church leaders part of global human trafficking cartels or did they just exploit and imprison vulnerable people, perhaps using religion as coercion?
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
The Thai military may be copying Trump's use of military force to achieve law enforcement ends in Venezuela, as Thailand has started bombing casinos suspected of running cyberscames across the Thai-Cambodia border. #warcrimes #organizedcrime
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
Border casinos caught in Thailand-Cambodia crossfire
Thailand has struck multiple casinos linked to cyberscamming in neighbouring Cambodia during an almost two-week-long border conflict, with the prime minister saying he would "take care" of fronts for ...
m.economictimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The Thai military may be copying Trump's use of military force to achieve law enforcement ends in Venezuela, as Thailand has started bombing casinos suspected of running cyberscames across the Thai-Cambodia border. #warcrimes #organizedcrime
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
m.economictimes.com/news/interna...
Be wary, my friends. When you give money to online scammers, you’re likely supporting human trafficking organizations that force people to earn your trust then rob you. It’s called pig butchering. Ignore and report. www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
April 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Be wary, my friends. When you give money to online scammers, you’re likely supporting human trafficking organizations that force people to earn your trust then rob you. It’s called pig butchering. Ignore and report. www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Earlier this year Erin Foley traveled to the Thai border town of Mae Sot to interview Ugandans who had been forced into cyber scamming and the Christian groups helping get them out.
While reporting, a friend called and told her "I think I’m being scammed." www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...
While reporting, a friend called and told her "I think I’m being scammed." www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...
Crypto Cons, Beatings, and Prayers for Deliverance
Inside Asia’s forced cyberscamming industry and the ministries trying to end it.
www.christianitytoday.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Earlier this year Erin Foley traveled to the Thai border town of Mae Sot to interview Ugandans who had been forced into cyber scamming and the Christian groups helping get them out.
While reporting, a friend called and told her "I think I’m being scammed." www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...
While reporting, a friend called and told her "I think I’m being scammed." www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/cybe...
This 2022 @propublica.org story details how human traffickers have forced tens of thousands of people from across Asia into cyber-scamming.
These victims are likely the source of *some* of those annoying spam texts you get.
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
These victims are likely the source of *some* of those annoying spam texts you get.
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This 2022 @propublica.org story details how human traffickers have forced tens of thousands of people from across Asia into cyber-scamming.
These victims are likely the source of *some* of those annoying spam texts you get.
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
These victims are likely the source of *some* of those annoying spam texts you get.
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Wow, this is awful, both the pig butchering victims and the people overseas forced to do these scams!
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
Human Trafficking’s Newest Abuse: Forcing Victims Into Cyberscamming
Tens of thousands of people from across Asia have been coerced into defrauding people in America and around the world out of millions of dollars. Those who resist face beatings, food deprivation or wo...
www.propublica.org
July 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Wow, this is awful, both the pig butchering victims and the people overseas forced to do these scams!
www.propublica.org/article/huma...
www.propublica.org/article/huma...