ARRA Urges Governments to Protect Trafficking Victims Forced Into Online Scams

The Asylum and Refugees Rights Advocacy Foundation has urged governments and security agencies to stop treating human-trafficking victims as criminals, especially those forced to work in online scam centres. Marking the 2026 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the organisation said traffickers use fake job offers, fraudulent recruitment agencies and social media to lure job seekers and migrants abroad. Many victims are then held in guarded compounds and coerced into cybercrime through threats, violence and torture. The foundation called for better victim identification, survivor rehabilitation, legal aid and economic reintegration. It also urged stronger international cooperation, tighter oversight of online recruitment platforms and improved safeguards by technology companies, banks and social media platforms.

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