Hundreds of thousands of people from more than 50 countries are estimated to be trapped inside vast compounds in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines and Malaysia. Most are enticed to the region by the promise of a well-paying job but are instead trafficked across borders and forced by criminal gangs into catfishing unsuspecting victims out of money. To refuse is to risk torture, sexual assault, or even death.
Amnesty's research identified a growing number of traumatised individuals stuck in Cambodia, homeless and without passports or money, as "an international crisis on Cambodian soil"...
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