South Korea Recovers 60 Citizens From Cambodian Scam Centers

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South Korea has brought home 60 citizens from Cambodian scam centers, and will work to figure out who took part voluntarily and who was forced into fraud.

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00:00Sixty South Koreans are back home after Cambodia deported them for involvement in scamming.

00:06Around 200,000 people are believed to be working in scam centers that have sprung up in Cambodia.

00:12Many of our nationals lured to the country with promises of fake jobs.

00:16They are then forced to run scams under the threat of torture.

00:20Around 1,000 are thought to be from South Korea.

00:23Seoul says all 60 of its repatriated citizens are for now under criminal investigation.

00:28Though not all took part in scamming voluntarily,

00:31Seoul has also issued a travel ban for its citizens covering parts of Cambodia.

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