The number of Taiwanese people lured into going to Cambodia under false pretenses continues to rise. The Criminal Investigation Bureau recently busted a Changhua-based human trafficking ring. The National Police Agency has handled 344 such cases from March until now, and the place with the highest number of victims is Pingtung County.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the NPA, and the National Immigration Agency have set up a transnational rescue mechanism. They remind the Taiwanese people to be alert and not to believe ads offering high salaries for low-skilled work abroad.
The leader of a human trafficking ring accompanied a victim to apply for a passport and was arrested as they exited the Bureau of Consular Affairs. During an investigation into human trafficking cases, the Criminal Investigation Bureau and other units discovered a human trafficking ring that worked with illegal organizations in Cambodia. They posted job ads on Facebook or IG offering monthly salaries of NT$100,000 to defraud victims into going to Cambodia or other countries. On Aug. 16, a task force arrested four members of the human trafficking ring.
Liao Shui-chih, Captain, 6th Investigation Corp, CIB: “For each Taiwanese person they were able to get into Cambodia, they would receive NT$100,000. The amount was NT$10,000 to NT$16,000 for Thailand. They divided up the work meticulously, and had already arranged for numerous Taiwanese people to go abroad.”
The preliminary investigation showed this ring had arranged for nearly 50 Taiwanese people to go abroad. The police found numerous receipts for expenses prior to their departure and records of the victims' departures at the suspect's residence. National Police Agency statistics show it has handled 344 human trafficking cases between March and now. Pingtung was the place with the highest number of victims at 41, followed by Kaohsiung with 35 and New Taipei City with 34. There were also reports that family members trying to report incidents to the police were ridiculed.
Victim's Brother: “I entered the police station to report a case, and the police officer told me that my sister had gone abroad to make money and is having such a good time that she doesn't want to come back.”
One man suspected that his sister was being mistreated and assaulted in Cambodia, and went to report this case to the Pingtung police, which ridiculed his concerns. The Pingtung County Police Bureau apologized.
Wu I-hsien, Dep. Chief, Fangliao Precinct, Pingtung County PB: “That police officer lacked vigilance and empathy and his language was inappropriate, causing the person reporting the case to feel insulted. This precinct has verified that this did happen, and has issued a serious demerit.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the NPA, and the National Immigration Agency have set up a transnational rescue mechanism. They remind the Taiwanese people to be alert and not to believe ads offering high salaries for low-skilled work abroad.
人蛇集團主嫌帶著辦完護照的被害人，剛出外交領事局就被抓。刑事局等單位清查人口販運案件時，查獲和柬埔寨不法集團勾結的人蛇集團，他們在臉書或IG貼廣告，以月薪10萬誘騙被害人到柬埔寨等國從事電腦文書、博弈機房等工作，專案小組昨日逮捕4名人蛇集團成員。
刑事局中部打擊犯罪中心大隊長廖水池表示：「每招募安排一名國人入境到柬埔寨，即可獲取10萬元的報酬，至泰國則領取1萬元至1萬6000元不等的報酬，分工細膩，迄今已安排數10名國人出境。
檢警初步清查該集團已安排近50名國人出境，還在嫌犯住所查扣到許多被害人出境前花費的收據，跟記錄數10位被害人出境資料的筆記。據警政署統計，今年3月至今，全台已受理344件人蛇詐騙，其中以屏東41件最多，其次是高雄35件，新北則有34件，還傳出有家屬報警時被羞辱。
受害人哥哥說：「我一進警局跟他說明，他就跟我說，你妹妹就是出去賺錢賺太爽，不想回來了。」
懷疑妹妹在柬埔寨可能被虐待跟侵犯的哥哥，心急如焚，還要面對警方羞辱的2次傷害。對此，屏東警方出面道歉。
屏縣警枋寮分局副分局長吳怡賢表示：「（該員警）欠缺警覺性及同理心，於過程中有言語不當情事，致報案人認為遭辱，此部分本分局查證屬實，已從嚴加重記過一次處分。」
受騙案件越來越多，外交部、警政署及移民署已建構跨國救援機制，也再次提醒民眾提高警覺，不要相信高薪卻低技術的海外工作，以免受害。
