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Thousands of calls to the hotline led to the exposure of the criminal scheme.
India's Foreign Ministry has announced the release of about 250 Indian citizens who were tricked into engaging in fraudulent Internet schemes in Cambodia. The liberation operation was made possible by close cooperation with the Cambodian authorities. 75 of the 250 people released have already returned to India.
According to the ministry, criminal agents, often associated with companies from China, recruit residents of South and Southeast Asia on a regular basis under the pretext of working in the field of information technology. However, in reality, these people are involved in working for cyber fraud centers, where they are robbed of their documents, held by force and forced to carry out fraudulent operations on the Internet and over the phone.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the Embassy of India in Cambodia is actively responding to complaints from citizens who find themselves in similar situations. The Indian authorities are also working with the Cambodian side and local law enforcement agencies to stop the activities of the organizers of fraudulent schemes.
At the beginning of the year, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Center (I4C) and the Ministry of Home Affairs reported that about half of the 5,000 calls received daily to the cybercrime hotline were related to fraud carried out by companies from Cambodia and Myanmar, mainly related to Chinese applications.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of India have issued several warnings to job seekers, advising them to avoid offers from questionable agents and only apply to individuals accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Police in several Indian states, including Odisha, Punjab and Kerala, have already made arrests in connection with similar cases. The authorities admit that there may be many more victims, but the focus is on those who have sought help from Indian embassies abroad and those who have been released thanks to the efforts of local law enforcement agencies.
Last month, we already wrote about a similar liberation operation conducted by the Philippine Police. Then law enforcement officers managed to free 875 operators of the fraudulent network, forcibly held by criminals on a large rented area. Victims of criminal activity were kept in slave conditions: for refusing to work, they were physically punished, deprived of food and sleep, and the most violent were even tortured with a taser to break their spirit and character.
India's Foreign Ministry has announced the release of about 250 Indian citizens who were tricked into engaging in fraudulent Internet schemes in Cambodia. The liberation operation was made possible by close cooperation with the Cambodian authorities. 75 of the 250 people released have already returned to India.
According to the ministry, criminal agents, often associated with companies from China, recruit residents of South and Southeast Asia on a regular basis under the pretext of working in the field of information technology. However, in reality, these people are involved in working for cyber fraud centers, where they are robbed of their documents, held by force and forced to carry out fraudulent operations on the Internet and over the phone.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the Embassy of India in Cambodia is actively responding to complaints from citizens who find themselves in similar situations. The Indian authorities are also working with the Cambodian side and local law enforcement agencies to stop the activities of the organizers of fraudulent schemes.
At the beginning of the year, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Center (I4C) and the Ministry of Home Affairs reported that about half of the 5,000 calls received daily to the cybercrime hotline were related to fraud carried out by companies from Cambodia and Myanmar, mainly related to Chinese applications.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of India have issued several warnings to job seekers, advising them to avoid offers from questionable agents and only apply to individuals accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Police in several Indian states, including Odisha, Punjab and Kerala, have already made arrests in connection with similar cases. The authorities admit that there may be many more victims, but the focus is on those who have sought help from Indian embassies abroad and those who have been released thanks to the efforts of local law enforcement agencies.
Last month, we already wrote about a similar liberation operation conducted by the Philippine Police. Then law enforcement officers managed to free 875 operators of the fraudulent network, forcibly held by criminals on a large rented area. Victims of criminal activity were kept in slave conditions: for refusing to work, they were physically punished, deprived of food and sleep, and the most violent were even tortured with a taser to break their spirit and character.
