A bitcoin és más kriptovaluta -csalások Ázsiában emberkereskedelemhez kötődnek

A raid by Cambodian authorities on a casino hotel freed two alleged hostages and exposed a range of crimes, including kripto-szerencsejáték és a titkosítási csalások, as reported on a local news website. The raid took place within a region called the “China Project” and several detained suspects and the two hostages honnan Kína.

A találmány egy 2021 jelentés by Crypto Head, China was the hatodik most targeted country in terms of crypto breaches. In addition to this, the most targeted currency was Bitcoin.

Far from being an isolated incident, human trafficking forms a large part of A szervezett bűnözés in Cambodia. These cases involve perpetrators and victims from different Asian countries. Of late, crypto crimes have also been növekszik. There have been multiple reports recently about victims of human trafficking being forced to lure men and women into investing in Bitcoin és a other crypto csalások.

The reason for Cambodia’s popularity amongst organized crime masterminds could be due to its rossz végrehajtás of online gambling bans. Another factor could be its szabályozás of unlicensed cryptocurrency, not being stringent when compared to that in China.

Further, according to the aforementioned Crypto Head report, the most rewarding crypto crime was fraud, with a loss of több mint $ 14 milliárd óta 2011.

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Due to corrupt institutions and the decentralized nature of crypto, poverty-struck survivors of human trafficking forced to run Bitcoin scams in Cambodia were unlikely to find justice. For many, returning home alive was their only priority.

A regional trend

Looking at this from a different perspective, it is noteworthy that Southeast Asian countries ranked high in cryptocurrencies usage, according to a Statista survey. Furthermore, Cambodia’s neighbor, Vietnam recorded the second highest rate of cryptocurrency usage, with 21% of respondents saying they had used or owned cryptocurrency. The country is also seeing a burgeoning demand for crypto mining equipment. For migrant workers in South East Asia, finding a way to save on remittances has spurred an interest in crypto-based options.

Source: https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-and-other-crypto-scams-tied-to-human-trafficking-in-asia/