Philippines: Govt. raids office of Colorful & Leap, a sublessee of CGC Technologies, accusing co. of exploiting 1000+ migrant workers to run crypto scams
摘要
日期: 2023年5月31日
地點: 菲律賓
企業
Colorful & Leap - Employer , CGC Technologies - Other Value Chain Entity受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1090
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 技術:綜合 , Gender not reported )議題
人口販賣 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , 綁架 , 食物權 , 恐嚇和威脅 , 剝奪遷徙自由回應
Response sought: 否
後續行動: 12 personnel of the company had been questioned at the Department of Justice for human trafficking in relation to cybercrime, serious illegal detention and kidnapping.
資訊來源: News outlet
"Human traffickers using POGOs as ‘legal cover’,"
Human traffickers are using POGOs, or Philippine offshore gaming operators, as “legal cover” to perpetrate a cryptocurrency scam in the country, according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros.
During a Senate hearing on the “call center scam hub” supposedly happening at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Hontiveros said the Colorful and Leap Group managed to operate the scam as a sublessee of CGC Technologies Inc.
CGC Technologies Inc. is a POGO company licensed by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor)…
At least 1,090 foreign workers were rescued from the hub, which was raided by authorities on May 4.
The workers were reportedly forced to work up to 18 hours a day under strict conditions.
They were reportedly trained to attract their clients, who are old and moneyed people, into buying cryptocurrency from them…
At least 12 personnel of the company – seven Chinese, four Indonesians and a Malaysian – had undergone inquest at the Department of Justice for human trafficking in relation to cybercrime, serious illegal detention and kidnapping, as well as violation of immigration laws…
The workers were reportedly detained and starved for days in a bare, dark room if they failed to scam a customer or if they wanted to quit, she said…