493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyOver the last decade, organized crime gangs working out of Southeast Asia have scammed people out of billions of dollars. Operating giant scam compounds—where experts estimate around 200,000 victims of human trafficking have been forced to run scams 24-hours a day—the criminal enterprises have used an array of romance, cryptocurrency investment, and impersonation fraud to target thousands of people around the world. Now new research reveals that the already chilling scam compounds may have an even darker underbelly.Nearly 500 reports linked to child sextortion made over a two-year period to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), a US child safety organization, have been tied back to scam compounds operating in…
