India’s embassy in Cambodia is working with officers there to rescue and return Indian residents who had been duped by job provides in Cambodia that led to their being compelled to work in on-line fraudulent operations.
Some 250 Indian residents reportedly have been returned to India, in response to a Reuters report. Indian information retailers reported that greater than 5,000 Indian residents are being held towards their will in Cambodia after transferring there for employment. In accordance with BBC, the victims, largely younger, had been compelled into cash laundering, cryptocurrency fraud, and love scams.
“We’re additionally working with Cambodian authorities and with businesses in India to crack down on these answerable for these fraudulent schemes,” India’s Ministry of Exterior Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal advised Reuters, including that the Indian authorities has launched advisories warning about these employment schemes in Cambodia.
