After facing pressure from China, Lao authorities have begun cracking down against online scammers—an economic sector believed to constitute 40% of the official GDP—while 85,000 workers, lured by the promise of well-paying jobs, are held in “slave-like” conditions.
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What do you think?
Anong Souvannavon
Malisa Vongsavanh
Zhao Wei
Scam Call Center Manager
Turnip Masher
Chinese Triad Boss
“I applied for a job at an ‘anti-scam task force’ and ended up being forced to run a scam call center.”
“It’s about time—it’s gangs like these with their illegal scams that take work away from the honest, aboveboard scammers.”
“I have a 99-year lease. The Laotian government’s not even allowed to enter the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone without my permission.”
