Those who did their jobs well were given illegal drugs as \u201cperks.\u201d Sometimes the criminal gang rewarded male workers with sex with women who had been trafficked into prostitution, they added.<\/p>\n
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Following the publication of the women\u2019s account, more people contacted the Times<\/em> to say they had been victimized. Among those trapped working for the gang are Thai, Bangladeshi, Indian, Russian, Ukrainian, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Turkish nationals, according to reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe four Filipino women were kept at a complex in Otres Beach. But the Times<\/em> believes there are several compounds involved which could potentially house hundreds of workers. Each complex is well-guarded with private security guards, and Times reporters have been denied access.<\/p>\nOfficials said over the weekend they were planning more raids and crackdowns on organized crime. They hoped the interrogation of the 15 suspects would inform their next move.<\/p>\n
Wild West of the East<\/strong><\/h2>\nChinese investment has transformed the once-sleepy seaside town of Sihanoukville into a casino mecca in just a few years. The speed of change has overwhelmed many of the locals, who are largely excluded from the industry.<\/p>\n
Cambodians are forbidden from gambling in their own country, and most of the service jobs in the casinos go to Mandarin speakers.<\/strong><\/p>\nMeanwhile, weak regulations and local corruption have made Sihanoukville a magnet for organized crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cambodian authorities arrested 15 people over the weekend following a raid on a casino in the southwest coastal city of Sihanoukville, during which shots were fired at police. Inside the building on Ocheatel Beach, police said they found evidence of illegal online gambling and cryptocurrency scamming activities, as well as possible cross-border people trafficking, bonded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":185579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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