Human trafficking on the rise as online scam hubs go global

c/world · u/babysandpiper@sopuli.xyz · 175 points

**International police body Interpol says scam centers that use human trafficking victims to carry out their crimes have gone global. Once limited to Southeast Asia, the criminal model is spreading — and uses AI.**

Human trafficking-fueled scam centers have significantly expanded their operations worldwide, according to a crime trend update released on Monday by the international police agency Interpol.

Hubs where trafficking victims are forced to take part in online fraud first emerged in a few Southeast Asian nations, but investigators are now also uncovering similar fraud centers in other regions.

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u/Nougat@fedia.io · 1 points

None, and it's been many many hours now. But that's going to be my go to approach from now on.

u/Flagstaff@programming.dev · 6 points

Interesting. Any response to that last question? I thought those were bots all this time!

u/Nougat@fedia.io · 12 points

This happened an hour after I read the article.

![](https://fedia.io/media/68/7c/687c3bc046e48694009943858626f9aeb8c0fe9ab7d660b12f674fb13b78146a.jpg)

u/BertramDitore@lemmy.zip · 6 points

Yeah honestly this has been one of my takeaways too, after hearing about these awful things a while back.

You never know what’s going on in the life of a stranger on the other end of a phone call, so respect and politeness is the best we can offer.

u/Nougat@fedia.io · 12 points

Oh wow, I missed the video also linked in that article. Oops!

Why?

Because I am sure that lots of people read "human trafficking" and think that it primarily affects women, or is a "women's issue", and by extension, assume that human trafficking has little impact on men. That opens up a whole "men vs women" can of worms, frames women as victims and men as perpetrators.

u/scott@lemmy.org · 3 points

Those are *freed captives.*

It says so in the article 👍

I would like to point out that a huge proportion of the people in that picture are men.

Why?

u/Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 13 points

Damn now I gotta respectfully decline instead of wasting their time and insulting them.

u/Nougat@fedia.io · 7 points

The provenance of the image on that article is here. Those are *freed captives.*

I would like to point out that a huge proportion of the people in that picture are men.