JOB SCAM/333 Taiwanese job scam victims remain trapped in Cambodia: Cabinet
08/18/2022 08:50 PM
Taipei, Aug. 18 (CNA) At least 373 Taiwanese have recently been duped into working for Cambodia-based fraud rings through fake job advertisements, with 333 of them trapped in human trafficking criminal operations in the Southeast Asian country, Cabinet Spokesperson Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) said Thursday.
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