Criminal gangs luring hundreds of thousands of people to work in online scam centres, UN warns

GENEVA (AP) – The United Nations migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people – many of them educated English speakers – to work in online scam centres, and the caseload is growing. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says victims are often lured by fake job advertisements – mostly through social media – promising work abroad, only to get locked up, have their identity documents seized, and forced through violence, threats and "debt bondage" to participate in the online scams.

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