How Nigerian youths were trapped in alleged cyber-slave camps in Asia

Summary

A Punch investigation says some Nigerian youths who went to Asia for jobs ended up forced into online scams and other abusive work in compounds in Myanmar and Cambodia.

Highlights

• The report says the victims were recruited online with promises of well-paid jobs and easier lives.
• It says some were made to run romance scams, fake online stores and cryptocurrency fraud under threat of punishment.
• Returnees described beatings, electrocution, confinement in cages and pressure to meet financial targets for criminal networks.
• The investigation also examines the response of Nigerian authorities and anti-trafficking groups to the trafficking pattern.
• It cites accounts from Nigerians who returned to Abuja after being in Southeast Asia.