New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested four key accused in a massive human trafficking and cyber fraud case involving Laos and other South East Asian countries.
As per NIA, all arrested accused were part of an organized trafficking syndicate that lured and trafficked Indian youth to foreign countries with promises of lucrative jobs.
The NIA’s investigations revealed that the trafficked youth were forced to work in fake call centers in Laos and other parts of the South East Asian region, where they were coerced into carrying out illegal online activities such as investment scams, relationship scams, and Crypto Currency scams. The agency has been working to dismantle the entire network, which involves operatives based in India, Laos, and other countries.
The arrests come after the NIA took over the case from Delhi Police in June and conducted extensive searches across six states and two union territories, leading to the registration of eight new FIRs in human trafficking and cyber fraud cases. The agency had also chargesheeted five accused, including foreign nationals, in a similar case in Mumbai in June.
The NIA’s crackdown on human trafficking and cyber fraud syndicates is ongoing, with the aim of protecting Indian youth from falling prey to such scams and ensuring that those responsible are brought to justice.