Overview

• Interpol's first operation targeting human-trafficking fueled cyber fraud shows the crime is globalizing, with scam centers emerging as far away as Latin America.
• Victims are lured with promises of highly paid work, then confined and taught to defraud banks.
• Most cases are still in Southeast Asia, but the crime is spreading, with victims sourced from other continents.
• The scams are generating billions of U.S. dollars in revenue each year, according to the United Nations.
• The operation led to hundreds of arrests and demonstrated the expanding geographical footprint of the crime.