Lao Cai: Destroyed gangs of scammers going to work abroad, extorting money to traffic people across the border

Netizens are extremely confused and excited about the human trafficking case. Fraudulent laborers to sell across the border, using extortion tactics, by a gang that has just been successfully destroyed by the authorities.

In recent days, social networks have been extremely buzzing about the incident in Lao Cai province. This is a criminal case when a gang, for money, regardless of right or wrong, violated the law when using this form of crime. Human trafficking, blackmailing relatives, selling to the border. The authorities successfully busted the case, and the criminals also confessed to all their violations.

Accordingly, on December 20, Trinh Tuong Border Guard Station, Lao Cai Provincial Border Guard, said the unit had decided to prosecute a criminal case of human trafficking that occurred in August and September 2022 in Ho Chi Minh City. Trinh Tuong commune, Bat Xat district, Lao Cai province.

By recruiting workers to do high-paying light jobs, then taking advantage of workers who did not know the route and nature of the work, the subjects deceived many people and organized illegal transportation of people to Laos. This group assigned the workers to a group of Chinese people who brought them into the Golden Triangle special economic zone in Bokeo province (Laos) and then controlled and forced them.

The tricks used by this group of people include forcing them to sign labor contracts with many unfavorable terms, forcing them to use online game applications to conduct online fraud, and searching for and seducing gamers. online to gain illegal profits for Chinese bosses.

The subject was arrested at the police station.

When workers do not want to do their assigned work, they are detained and subjected to mental crisis in many ways: filming videos of being affected, starving, forcing victims to call their families to demand ransom. Reasons for contract compensation, vehicle cost reimbursement...

During the work, Tan Ong Cao (30 years old, Dao ethnicity, residing in Phin Ngan village, Trinh Tuong commune) confessed to being the mastermind and leader of colluding with foreign subjects, along with Ly Lao San (23 years old, Dao ethnicity, residing in Den Thang village, Trinh Tuong commune) and Ly A Hong (20 years old, Mong ethnicity, residing in Ban Lau village) deceived 5 victims to receive money and other material benefits.

Among them, a victim in Lao Cai was affected for 5 days, after which the group recorded a video and sent it to his family demanding 450 million VND ransom. During the investigation, the subjects voluntarily surrendered and confessed their crimes.

Immediately after being posted, the incident quickly caused a stir in public opinion, in addition to being a wake-up call for the problem of fraud to work abroad, with high-paying light jobs. We need to be vigilant, avoid falling into the sweet words of those who lack humanity, and use other people's lives to buy and sell regardless.

Currently, cases of working abroad and then having no way to return home are still happening widely on social networks. Some people in mountainous areas, where conditions for receiving and understanding information are limited, easily fall into the trap.

Now that the case in Lao Cai has been prosecuted, it has also made many people happy, because the perpetrators have finally been punished by the law. Netizens are also waiting for the results of the final sentence of these inhumane people, hoping that the law will be strict and have suitable and appropriate prison terms.

The case of 5 Vietnamese workers being tricked into being sold to Laos: A story about horrible memories, rescued from a call for 2.5 billion VND Sa17:37:20 14/06/2023When I went over there, they locked me in a house, not allowed to go out. They force to work, if not guaranteed revenue will be hit. I was sold, resold to 3 different places. They then forced family members to send ransom money to Laos, the victim recounted.