Efforts are on to bring back more victims of human trafficking to Cambodia, Vizag police say

The city police, led by Commissioner of Police A. Ravi Shankar, said the department was intensifying efforts to bring back more victims trapped in human trafficking that was recently busted under the “l 'Operation Cambodia'.

Hundreds of unemployed youth were trapped by local agents aided by Cambodian agents, under the guise of data entry tasks. These agents collected over ₹1.50 lakh from each youth and sent it to Cambodia. As they reached Cambodia, the agents forced them to commit cybercrimes in India. Recently, police arrested several local officers involved in the racket.

Establishing communication with the Indian Embassy in Cambodia, the police assured that several victims were returning to Visakhapatnam. Lately, the municipal police have established contact with many other victims and efforts are underway for their safe repatriation.