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Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation (go.theregister.com)

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875 workers liberated after falling for promises of lucrative work, nine arrested Filipino police rescued 875 "workers" – including 504 foreigners – in a raid late last week on a firm that posed as an online gaming company but in reality operated a forced labor camp that housed romance scam operators.…

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[–] thechadwick 1 points 8 months ago

I just listened to a podcast about these "pig butchering" scams: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/track/42D75/traffic.megaphone.fm/CAD2211079737.mp3?updated=1710250419

Awful stuff. Glad they broke up this location at least.