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- Two men from Karnataka were rescued on Monday from a guarded compound in Myanmar where they were held after being lured by a Facebook advertisement promising lucrative overseas jobs.
- Police say the men were recruited through a fake online interview, flown to Bangkok, and moved across the Thailand-Myanmar border, where their passports were seized and they were forced to work up to 16 hours a day running cyber frauds under Chinese operators.
- The rescue was coordinated by the state Cyber Command, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, and the Indian Embassy in Myanmar with local police assistance.
- Police warn that similar social media job ads are being used by organised trafficking syndicates to lure job seekers from across India.
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- Investigators say similar recruitment methods are being used to traffic job seekers from other parts of India, so more cases may surface.
- The case highlights how traffickers use social media job ads, which may prompt further police warnings or action against such advertisements.
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Named India · Myanmar (Burma) · Thailand · Bangkok · Bengaluru · Mae Sot · Myanmar · Two Karnataka men · Chinese operators · DGP Pranob Mohanty · Facebook · Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre · Indian Embassy in Myanmar · International Human Trafficking Network · Police
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