Four human trafficking rings have been found operating across localities in Vietnam after 42 Vietnamese escaped from a casino in Cambodia where they had been duped into working and exploited.
Colonel Dinh Van Noi, director of An Giang province’s police department, said Tuesday that the trafficking rings operated “in many localities” and worked with accomplices in Cambodia to lure Vietnamese into working in casinos illegally.
A group of 42 Vietnamese escaped from the Golden Phoenix Entertainment casino in Cambodia’s Kandal province on Aug. 18 and swam across the Binh Di river separating the two nations. Five of them are women.
A 16-year-old boy who was part of the escapees was found dead in a river section of Vietnam’s An Giang province, while another worker was caught by casino guards, VN Express reported….