Philippine police rescue more than 1,000 alleged trafficking victims, including Singaporeans

Cop in the Philippines explained that they had saved more than 1,000 people deliberately trafficked into the nation to do labour in Manila for an online casino. Chinese, Vietnamese, Singaporean and Malaysian nationals were along with those discovered when cop raided buildings inside a compound in the capital on Monday, at night. Police said the alleged victims had admitted to do jobs which were posted on Facebook to work in the Philippines as “assistants in online gaming”.

International concern has been rising because of Internet frauds in the Asia-Pacific place often staffed by trafficking victims tricked or persuaded into investing in bogus crypto investments. AFP journalists who were present on Tuesday saw two police buses and two police trucks parked outside the compound. They were not permitted to come inside the buildings. “This matter will be given proper investigation,” she said, involving the question of whether the workers were also doing their part in online rackets.