Three Slovenians, and Four Taiwanese are being tried for the unlawful detention of 63 individuals, and fraud operation that was busted in January 2018
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/12/01
By: Duncan Deaeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Drava River, Maribor, Slovenia (By Wikimedia Commons)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The trial of a fraud operation and human trafficking ring, which held 59 known victims, mostly Taiwanese people, against their will, began in Maribor, Slovenia on Nov. 29.
According to Slovenian media, three Slovenians, and four Taiwanese citizens have been charged in the case for “unlawfully detaining at least 63 people” and forcing them to work in a fraud operation, scamming Chinese speakers abroad in to giving them money and financial information.
In January, Croatian and Slovenian police conducted a joint sting operation to break the fraud ring, and release the Taiwanese prisoners being held against their will.
The call center operation began in Slovenia in 2015, with the ringleaders originally luring the victims to the country with promises of a stable legal job to help them pay off various debts. [FULL STORY]
