The United Nations estimated in a report last August that more than 200,000 people are being forced to work as scammers in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
Paywalled source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/22/myanmar-cyberscams-china-trafficking/
Holy shit what a scary and sad story. I thought it was going to end with a police raid or something, but his mom just paid the random by selling their house 😭 Of course the police suck in every country, too.