In the five months since she escaped a scam compound, Anna has mostly been living on the streets. WARNING: The story contains references to sexual and physical violence.The Ugandan mother had been a captive for seven months, during which she said she was tortured with electricity because she didn't know how to use computers, let alone scam people online."I kept on blaming the day I came to Cambodia," she told the ABC.But her nightmare did not end when the compound's gates were opened and she was allowed to leave. Anna was one of the many trafficking victims who were left stranded amid an unprecedented crackdown on Cambodia's cyberscam industry.She and other victims who spoke to the ABC used pseudonyms because they feared for their safety.For years, scam operations — typically run by Chinese criminal organisations out of fortified compounds, casinos or office buildings — have proliferated in the South-East Asian kingdom.The Cambodian government was often accused of being complicit in the industry and of conducting crackdowns that were just "performative".But over the past year, amid growing international pressure, the authorities appear to have been taking the issue increasingly seriously, with more expansive raids and several top kingpins arrested and deported to China.In January, there was a "mass exodus" from the compounds, which routinely employ what's called "scam slavery".Cambodian Ministry of Interior spokesman Touch Sokhan told the ABC the scam crackdown had "achieved remarkable results"."As a result, we are able to save those who work in scams on online sites, both fraud and deception, both manipulation and threats," he said."Tens of thousands" had been "rescued and sent to their home countries", he said. "This practice is done with the utmost care in accordance with the law and has good cooperation with their own countries."However, human rights organisations and observers say it's a continuing humanitarian crisis, with little support available for many of the victims or help to get them back home.Handcuffs were discovered in a scam centre on the border with Thailand after it was shut down by the Thai military.