Online scam centers in Southeast Asia have perfected "pig butchering", a romance-meets-investment fraud, to lure victims into bogus investment schemes (Alastair McCready/VICE)

Alastair McCready / VICE:
Online scam centers in Southeast Asia have perfected “pig butchering”, a romance-meets-investment fraud, to lure victims into bogus investment schemes  —  Thousands of imprisoned and abused workers are propping up Southeast Asia's ‘pig butchering’ industry, an online fraud emptying bank accounts across the world.

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