How Bangladeshi jobseekers are trafficked into Cambodia’s scam compounds

Returnees recount being recruited with false job offers, stripped of their passports and forced to scam people inside heavily guarded compounds.

Hundreds of Bangladeshis have been rescued from Cambodia’s infamous scam centres in recent weeks. Returnees described a similar pattern of being lured with promises of well-paid jobs, only to be issued visas that did not match the work they had been promised. By the time they reached Cambodia and their passports and documents were taken away, many realised they were being forced to scam unsuspecting elderly people.