LA Times Today: Up to 100,000 held captive by Chinese cybercriminals in Cambodia
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Thousands of people from across Asia have been lured to Cambodia by ads promising high-paying jobs and instead are forced into slave labor running Chinese internet scams.
L.A Times foreign correspondent David Pierson wrote about these cybercrime operations.
L.A Times foreign correspondent David Pierson wrote about these cybercrime operations.