Hong Kong citizens were lured to Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and other Southeast Asian countries with high salaries by fraud syndicates, and more and more modern cases of "selling piglets" are being exposed. Deputy Secretary for Security Toh Hiu-yip said that the number of victims has increased to 37 so far, and 23 people are still trapped in Cambodia and Myanmar. The police have arrested five local residents suspected of transnational employment fraud, one of whom is a 17-year-old minor.
The "Pig Selling" case is part of the telecommunications fraud cases that have been expanding in recent years. It proves that criminal groups have risen from money fraud to human trafficking, and criminal groups have also expanded to Hong Kong. They must be paid great attention to. Since the case involves transnational crimes, there are victims on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and in four places. We must rely on the state to work together to eliminate related crimes.
Modern "pig-selling" cases are increasingly being exposed. Judging from the information that has been made public, the main criminal method of the scammers is to lure the victims to Southeast Asian countries under different pretexts, and then confiscate the victim's passport and send them to the country. They illegally imprisoned and coerced them into engaging in telecommunications fraud, and even set targets. If they failed to meet the targets, they would be subjected to inhumane treatment, or their families would be forced to pay ransom. A few people even had their organs removed or were forced into prostitution.
Zhuo Xiaoye pointed out that scammers will "lay their hands" on people of different ages and make nice words according to the "style" of the case, thereby luring them to go to Southeast Asian countries to work in casinos, carry goods, etc. The maximum age of the temporary help-seeking cases is 50. age.
The police have quickly arrested five local residents involved in the case, ranging in age from 17 to 51, and belonging to the same criminal group. And it is not ruled out that more arrests will be made. They involved posting false job advertisements and posts on local social media to deceive citizens and provide victims with electronic tickets, etc.
Cheuk Hsiao-yip
The modern "pig-selling" case is a new development of various types of telecommunications fraud cases that have been common in recent years. This type of fraud has existed for a long time. From time to time, citizens have been deceived and lost property. Some cases involve huge amounts of money, which is shocking. This type of crime has always attracted the attention of the police and society. However, since most of the cases involve overseas criminal groups, it is not easy to investigate the cases. The police can only continuously strengthen social publicity to remind citizens to beware of this type of telecommunications fraud. Starting from August 21, 2015, in order to help detect telecommunications fraud, local telecommunications operators are required to add a "+" sign in the "Caller ID" of mobile phones as the prefix for all calls originating from outside Hong Kong. Citizens identify suspicious calls.
In order to strengthen the fight against fraud and raise public awareness of fraud prevention, the police officially established the "Anti-Fraud Coordination Center" on July 20, 2017, providing a 24-hour telephone consultation hotline to provide immediate consultation to the public and strengthen frontline support for the police force. services and strengthen social publicity. On April 1 last year, we further launched the "One-Stop Anti-Fraud" website to strengthen the promotion of anti-fraud information. Regarding the recently uncovered "pig-selling" case, relevant anti-fraud publicity has also been strengthened in Mong Kok downtown and the airport.
Although the police have significantly stepped up their crackdown on this type of fraud and strengthened social anti-fraud publicity, telecommunications fraud has not disappeared. Citizens still receive many suspicious calls with a "+" sign every day. Recently, The "Pig Selling" case in the past six months has even revealed that the criminal methods of telecommunications fraud criminal groups have evolved from telecommunications fraud to human trafficking, committing very serious crimes. Moreover, local residents have been found to be involved in such criminal operations, which shows that criminal groups involved in telecommunications fraud have expanded to the local area. The police's anti-crime operations must also make corresponding adjustments in response to the development of the matter.
Modern "pig-selling" cases and related telecommunications fraud cases all involve cross-border and transnational criminal groups. Judging from the actual situation in the past many years, it is difficult for the local police alone to effectively combat crime. The only way to do this is from a preventive level. , and continue to strengthen publicity. However, as the saying goes, "As high as the road is, so high is the devil." The fraud syndicates have a variety of tricks and are constantly changing. They only do fraud prevention work, which obviously fails to provide sufficient protection for the public. To deal with this type of criminal activities, we still need to start from the source. Fight criminal groups.
People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and in four places have been harmed by telecommunications fraud syndicates, and we have the responsibility to work together to combat such criminal activities.Moreover, criminal groups commit transnational crimes, involving many countries in Southeast Asia, and are very complex. To completely crack down on criminal groups and effectively solve the problem, we must rely on the power of the state. The central government has intervened in the incident. Only by actively cooperating with the relevant central departments in the investigation can Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan properly rescue the victims, crack down on criminal groups, and do their best to protect the safety of residents' lives and property.
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