UN urges scam centre clampdown amid 'staggering' abuses; cases in Myanmar among the worst


GENEVA (AFP): The United Nations has called on governments to clamp down on scam centres, which have mushroomed in South-East Asia with hundreds of thousands of people trafficked into forced labour.

The UN human rights office released a report documenting torture, sexual abuse, forced abortions, food deprivation, solitary confinement and other abuses.

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