BI charges 3 for trafficking Filipinos to Cambodia cyber scam ops

Three individuals have been charged with human trafficking by the Bureau of Immigration for recruiting Filipinos to work in cyber scam operations in Cambodia.

The charges were filed following complaints from seven repatriated overseas Filipino victims who were trafficked to Myanmar.

Victims were lured by online job offers but instead found themselves in forced labor, facing severe physical abuse and coercion in scam compounds.

The perpetrators instructed victims to pose as overseas Filipino workers or travel as tourists to bypass immigration checks.

In Myanmar, victims endured beatings, electrocution, and psychological trauma, with no rest days and inadequate compensation for failing to meet scam quotas.

The repatriation of the victims was a collaborative effort involving multiple Philippine government agencies and the Philippine Embassy in Cambodia.