‘I Scammed So I Could Live’: Inside the Story of South Asians Trafficked and Enslaved in Asia’s Booming Scam Compounds

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Once considered a region for global export of IT skills and services, South Asia is witnessing a crisis: That of its savvy tech workers being tricked, trafficked and tortured into working at Southeast Asia’s deadly pig-butchering scam compounds. Through this interactive visual novel and reporting, Asian Dispatch invites the readers to step into the shoes of a few out of an estimated thousands from the region who got caught between the scam and the scammed.

Period29 Jul 2024

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  • Title‘I Scammed So I Could Live’: Inside the Story of South Asians Trafficked and Enslaved in Asia’s Booming Scam Compounds
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletAsian Dispatch
    Media typeWeb
    Date29/07/24
    DescriptionOnce considered a region for global export of IT skills and services, South Asia is witnessing a crisis: That of its savvy tech workers being tricked, trafficked and tortured into working at Southeast Asia’s deadly pig-butchering scam compounds. Through this interactive visual novel and reporting, Asian Dispatch invites the readers to step into the shoes of a few out of an estimated thousands from the region who got caught between the scam and the scammed.
    Producer/AuthorPallavi Pundir
    URLhttps://asiandispatch.net/i-scammed-so-i-could-live-inside-the-story-of-south-asians-trafficked-and-enslaved-in-asias-booming-scam-compounds
    PersonsMichelle Moore

Keywords

  • Transnational Organised Crime
  • Trafficking In Persons
  • Human Trafficking
  • Forced Criminality