More and more countries are being hit by people and goods that need to be traded to be forced to work in professionally created online fraud centers.
The victims come from 66 countries and from all continents, as the International Police Organization Interpol announced on Monday. The organization, based in Lyon in French, now speaks of a “worldwide crisis” with hundreds of thousands of victims.
The fraud centers were originally in some Southeast Asian countries. In the past five years, three of the four victims in this region have been smuggled, as an Interpol analysis has shown. But even in Western Africa, Central America and in the middle, researchers increasingly encountered fraud centers.
According to Interpol, the victims are usually attracted by false vacancies. They are then caught in camps and are often blackmailed, beaten, sexually exploited or even tortured or raped because of debts. In the centers, the victims would be forced to cheat other people on the internet – usually to get their money.
More information -exchange between countries
Interpol sees a rapidly spreading crime trend. An internationally coordinated answer is needed, says Cyril Jout, who is responsible for the Interpol for police services. Researchers should exchange more information between the countries involved and more networks with organizations that help victims.
With 196 Member States, Interpol is the world’s largest police organization and coordinates the international police cooperation. States exchange information about people and missing people via Interpol.
Source: Krone
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