While scammers are swindling people around the globe out of billions of dollars each year, there’s another lesser-known set of victims hidden out of sight – the scammers themselves. Many are tricked into scamming jobs, and are then trapped in compounds in South East Asia and subjected to violence.
Ivan Franceschini is a lecturer in Chinese Studies at The University of Melbourne and contributed to The Conversation’s series on Scam Factories. He joins Jim to discuss.
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