According to a crime trend update issued by the International Police Agency on Monday, human trafficking-fuel scam centers have expanded their operations worldwide. Interpol,
The hub where smuggling victims are forced to participate in online Mad, first some emerged in some Southeast Asian countries, but investigators are now highlighting the same MADS centers in other regions.
Where are the scam centers spreading?
For the International Police Organization, the victims now come from 66 countries in all continents, which incorporate hundreds of thousands and highlight the Interpol Diskreb as a “global crisis”.
Scam centers are now found rapidly in the Middle East, West Africa and other regions – rapidly emerging as a new regional hub – and Central America.
The victims are often lured with a hero captive in fake job proposals and then scam compounds. Many are blackmailed on alleged loans, beaten, sexual abuse, and torture or rape in some cases.
Inside thesis centers, they are forced to run online scams, mostly people abroad to steal money.
A 2024 -led operation operation highlighted dozens of cases, where the victims were forced to comment to Murd, including an industrial scale scam center in the Philippines. The same year, the police destroyed a center in Namibia, where 88 youth were forced to scam others.
Emerging technologies are furthering this trend. Crime update noted a bounce in the use of Artificial Intelligence, in which fake job advertisements to generate “sextures” and a deep profile for romance scams.
Who are the victims?
Interpol says that their pools have reduced to a great extent in their pools.
While early human trafficking victims were primarily Chinese speakers and came from China, Malaysia, Thailand or Singapore, people are now smuggling such hubs from South America, East Africa and Western Europe.
“A coordinated international response is required to deal with the threat of this rapid globalization,” said the acting head of the police service head Gout of Interpol.
Who are the smugglers?
The report found that about 90% of human trafficking facilities came from Asia, while 11% were from South America or Africa.
About 80% of these sutters were 61% older between 39.
Online scam centers were initially concentrated in Cambodia, with additional smuggling hubs later opened in Laos and Myanmar. Today, similar operations have been identified in at least four more Asian countries, and evidence suggests that the model is spreading in the discovery of other regions as West Africa, where cyber-capable financial offenses are already common.
In his search, Interpol warned that the proliferation of the search criminal network requires immediate, coordinated action to disrupt traffic routes and support the victims.
Interpol stated that thesis criminal hub is rapidly associated with other major international crimes, seeking coordinated response globally.
Trafficking routes used for scam centers are being exploited for smuggling drugs, firearms and wildlife such as tigers and pangolins, said Interpol.
Edited by: ZAC Crellin
