A week later, he was on a plane from Hong Kong to Cambodia. After he arrived, \u201ccasino representatives\u201d picked him up and drove him to his new home. He then handed over his passport, per the representatives\u2019 request, before he received a tour of his new job.<\/p>\n
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Instead of a casino, he found a cybercafe. Instead of gaming tables, he found computers. He had fallen victim to a common scheme in Cambodia. His new role was acting like a female on the phone in order to seduce men into gambling online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He tried to leave, but his captors told him he would need to pay $10,000 and reimburse them for all the money they spent to bring him to Cambodia. Since they weren\u2019t paying him, it was impossible to meet the demand. Instead, the captors kept him in a locked, guarded room when he wasn\u2019t working.<\/p>\n
A Happy Ending<\/h2>\n Eventually, he managed to get a call out to his mother in Hong Kong. She, in turn, contacted the police. A week later, Cambodian authorities raided the facility and gave all of the victims their freedom.<\/p>\n
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However, that is the exception, not the rule. Even though at least 250 people have gained their liberty, there are reports of thousands more still working as slaves in illegal casinos and call centers across Cambodia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Vietnam, China, and others have increased their efforts to warn people not to fall for the scams. However, the criminals always find new methods. If they\u2019re not promising high-paying jobs, they\u2019re using sex to attract new victims. Either way, only increased efforts by Cambodia will help eliminate the problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There is a growing number of witnesses that can testify to the atrocities of human trafficking at casinos in Cambodia. Dozens of people just swam across a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, where they told border guards of their slave-like lives. Online newspaper VN Express explains that border guards in Vietnam\u2019s An Giang Province encountered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":227417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[81913,55,13363,13766,82275],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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