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From child trafficking survivor to tech millionaire: Chinese woman’s journey home

From child trafficking survivor to tech millionaire: Chinese woman’s journey home

Zeng Youdi, a 43-year-old entrepreneur from central China, turned her childhood as a trafficking victim into a success story, building a multimillion-dollar electronics business and reconnecting with her biological family.
South Korean fugitives who tricked men with deepfake romance scam arrested in Vietnam

South Korean fugitives who tricked men with deepfake romance scam arrested in Vietnam

Chinese influencer arrested in Cambodia over alleged human trafficking ties

Chinese influencer arrested in Cambodia over alleged human trafficking ties

Chinese national who became Philippines mayor using fake identity gets life for running trafficking ring

Chinese national who became Philippines mayor using fake identity gets life for running trafficking ring

A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced Alice Guo, a Chinese national who became a mayor while masquerading as a Filipina, and seven others to life in prison on human trafficking charges, state prosecutors said.
November 19, 2025 | 10:12 pm PT
Singapore seizes record 35.7 kg rhino horn haul in $870,000 smuggling bust

Singapore seizes record 35.7 kg rhino horn haul in $870,000 smuggling bust

Singapore has seized over US$800,000 worth of illegal rhino horn and animal parts hidden in air cargo bound for Laos, authorities said Tuesday, in the largest haul of its kind discovered in the city-state.
November 18, 2025 | 11:45 pm PT
Hundreds flee Myanmar scam compound for Thailand after military raid

Hundreds flee Myanmar scam compound for Thailand after military raid

More than 600 people fled one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centers and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official told AFP on Thursday, after a military raid on the compound.
October 22, 2025 | 09:53 pm PT
Vietnam welcomes US acknowledgment of anti-trafficking efforts

Vietnam welcomes US acknowledgment of anti-trafficking efforts

Vietnam welcomes the U.S.'s objective assessment of its positive results in combating and preventing human trafficking over the past period, said Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang.
October 16, 2025 | 03:42 pm PT
South Korea on alert as 80 citizens go missing in Cambodia amid scam center crisis

South Korea on alert as 80 citizens go missing in Cambodia amid scam center crisis

Eighty South Koreans who were possible victims of fake jobs or scam centers were unaccounted for in Cambodia, South Korea's foreign ministry told AFP Tuesday.
October 14, 2025 | 12:52 am PT
South Korea, Cambodia strengthen cooperation in combating online fraud, illegal detention

South Korea, Cambodia strengthen cooperation in combating online fraud, illegal detention

South Korea and Cambodia have held talks on enhancing consular support and investigative capacity to combat crimes targeting Korean citizens, said the South Korea 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
October 13, 2025 | 10:08 pm PT
Fake football team busted in Japan as part of human trafficking ring

Fake football team busted in Japan as part of human trafficking ring

A group of 22 men posing as football players was intercepted and deported from Japan after authorities discovered that all their documents were fake.
September 20, 2025 | 06:00 pm PT
More than 140 Vietnamese arrested in Cambodia over online scam jobs

More than 140 Vietnamese arrested in Cambodia over online scam jobs

Over 140 Vietnamese have been arrested in Cambodia for allegedly working at online scam centers, Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
July 17, 2025 | 04:34 pm PT
80% of trafficked women forced into marriage, sexual exploitation: report

80% of trafficked women forced into marriage, sexual exploitation: report

Nearly all trafficking victims are taken abroad, mostly to China, and many women are forced into marriage or exploited sexually, according to a report by the Ministry of Health.
May 16, 2025 | 10:30 pm PT
2 arrested for trafficking 6 people to the Golden Triangle for scam operations

2 arrested for trafficking 6 people to the Golden Triangle for scam operations

Police in central Vietnam have arrested a man and a woman accused of trafficking six people to the Golden Triangle in Myanmar, where they were sold to transnational scam syndicates.
April 12, 2025 | 01:00 am PT
Southeast Asia's latest scam center crackdown, explained

Southeast Asia's latest scam center crackdown, explained

China, Thailand and Myanmar last week ramped up efforts to curb cyber scam compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, working to free the foreign workers inside.
February 27, 2025 | 08:10 pm PT
'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam center workers plead to go home

'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam center workers plead to go home

Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention center in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night.
February 27, 2025 | 05:00 am PT
Thai, Cambodian police free 215 foreigners in scam center raid

Thai, Cambodian police free 215 foreigners in scam center raid

Thai and Cambodian police raided a building in a border town and freed 215 foreigners, a senior Thai official said on Sunday, in an expansion of a regional crackdown against cyber scam centers.
February 23, 2025 | 06:35 pm PT
Mexico rescues 11 Vietnamese kidnapped near US border

Mexico rescues 11 Vietnamese kidnapped near US border

Mexican police have rescued 49 migrants, including 11 Vietnamese, who had been kidnapped by a human trafficking gang in Chihuahua state, near the U.S. border.
February 18, 2025 | 07:58 pm PT
Hong Kong woman rescued from call center gang in Myanmar

Hong Kong woman rescued from call center gang in Myanmar

A 31-year-old Hong Kong woman has been rescued from a call center gang in Myanmar late last week, according to Thai authorities.
February 4, 2025 | 03:00 pm PT
Thailand launches police app to safeguard tourists after Chinese actor Wang Xing kidnapped

Thailand launches police app to safeguard tourists after Chinese actor Wang Xing kidnapped

Thailand has launched the "Thailand Tourist Police" app for tourists to report incidents and seek assistance via messages, photos and location data.
January 26, 2025 | 04:05 pm PT
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