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Philippines rescues over 1,000 trafficking victims

Victims from many Asian countries worked 18-hour days for call-centre scam operators

Trafficked people from various Asian countries wait to be documented by authorities after a police raid inside a freeport zone in Mabalacat City, in Pampanga province, north of Manila. (Photo: Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group via AFP)

MANILA: Philippine authorities have rescued over a thousand people from several Asian nations who were trafficked into the country, held captive and forced to run online scams, an official said on Saturday.

International alarm has grown in recent months over internet scams in the region, often staffed by trafficking victims tricked or coerced into promoting bogus crypto…

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