The fraud factories withdraw billions – stated to be run by Chinese criminal groups
People who work in fraud center in Asia are electrically shocked, get beaten and locked in dark rooms if they do not deceive SEK 50,000 a week.
Thousands of people have now been exempted and are in camps – but it is uncertain if they will come home.
– Everything was bad. We worked 15 hours a day without sleep, “Ken” tells the news agency AP.
Around 100,000 people are suspected to have been tricked into the fraud center along the border between Thailand and Myanmar.
The factories are reported to be run by Chinese criminal groups and withdraw hundreds of billions of SEK per year.
Employees are dealing with everything from love and crypto messages to money laundering and lurk people all over the world.
“Treated as animals”
A few weeks ago, thousands of them were released by guerrilla groups. They are now held in camp and it is unclear when and if they can return to their home countries.
Several of them testify to torture and slave -like conditions in the factories.
– If we did not reach the goals, we were treated like animals. We were beaten and got power through the body, says a man who calls himself “yes” to the news agency AP.
Another person who calls himself “Mike” has previously told BBC that the goal was SEK 50,000 a week.
Can be brought back
The exempt are now in a limbo. Thailand has only passed through people who are guaranteed to move on to their home countries – for example, India where a group of former employees arrived today.
But many of them have nowhere to go. Several of them are from countries that do not have embassies in Thailand.
They now fear that the guerrilla groups will bring them back to the fraud entrance if no one receives them.