Taipei Times
Date: Jan 26, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Sixty-one Taiwanese were arrested in Croatia last week on suspicion of telecom fraud, foreign wire services reported.

Citing Croatian officials, the reports said that the 61 Taiwanese nationals were picked up on Thursday last week by Croatian police during a raid on two separate locations near the capital, Zagreb.

Two of the suspects were also accused of “operating human trafficking networks and forcing victims into working in telecoms schemes,” the reports said.

A video clip broadcast by Croatian media showed the police breaking into an upscale residence with garden and finding several people who were allegedly being held captive there.    [FULL  STORY]