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Arise News (26 June 2025)

Faridah Abdulkadiri

Amnesty International has accused the Cambodian government of deliberately ignoring widespread human rights abuses committed by cybercrime gangs operating brutal scam compounds across the country.

In a report released on Thursday, the London-based rights group said criminal syndicates had trafficked individuals including children from across the world and enslaved them in prison-like compounds, where they were forced to carry out online fraud under inhumane conditions.

Amnesty identified at least 53 confirmed scam centres and dozens more suspected locations, including sites in the capital, Phnom Penh. These compounds were reportedly surrounded by high fences topped with razor wire, guarded by armed personnel, and operated by human trafficking victims coerced into defrauding people globally.

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