after four months in captivity, deedee managed to escape and make it back home to china. did not respond. hundreds of gangs continue to carry out the pig butchering scam from compounds across south—east asia, targeting people all over the world. i'm joined now by michael roberts. he runs rexxfield, a cybersecurity firm specialising in disrupting cyber—crime and has been working on pig butchering scams. thank you very much for your time today. it is an extraordinary name which grabs the attention. a horrific crime. behind this exploitation, as we have seen, there is the other layer of exploitation. how unusual is that in the world of cybercrime? it how unusual is that in the world of cybercrime?— cybercrime? it is an interesting aradox cybercrime? it is an interesting paradox because _ cybercrime? it is an interesting paradox because you _ cybercrime? it is an interesting paradox because you do - cybercrime? it is an interesting paradox because you do not. cybercrime? it is an interesting i paradox because you do not know cybercrime? it is an interesting - paradox because

deedee, not his real name, left china for the promise of a well—paid job. and forced by criminal gangs to carry out an online romance scam known as �*pig butchering�*. i am recording this video secretly from inside the bathroom. in the scam, victims are known as �*pigs�*. scammers use fake online profiles to groom them before tricking them to invest in fake financial exchanges. deedee worked 12—hour days targeting people in america and europe under the constant threat of violence. someone in my team made a mistake today. he was beaten up in front of everyone, then dragged out of the office. videos shared with the bbc by activist networks show the type of violence deedee witnessed is common in scam compounds. this is a former scam boss. he is wearing a mask to avoid reprisals from criminal gangs. he says he made hundreds of thousands of dollars running a scam operation, even writing a guide for other scammers to follow. but that he now regrets his actions. translation: the pig butchering scam is all about using emotions. _ that is how you win their trust. th

w or ah ah, this is deedee news live from berlin, accusations fly over us spider on that crashed in the black c. u. s. defense, mister lloyd austin says he's talked with his russian counterpart. so gate show you about the downing of the drone, which has worse intentions between the 2 nations. also coming up as fighting rages in the ukrainian city of fact, what we'll look at cubes, plans to launch a potential counter offensive this spring, plus thousands protests in paris in a last ditch effort to deter makers from raising the age of retirement changes. the government says unnecessary to save the pension system ah, until neurological welcome to the program. us to friends, secretary lloyd austin and his russian counterparts sagacious. go have discussed tuesdays drone incident over the black sea. the u. s. military says it's surveillance. drone was an international asset base when to russian jets dumped fuel on it. one of them clipped its propeller, causing the drone to crash defense secretary austin had strong words for moscow. after the incident. on tuesday, russian aircraft engaged and

ah, ah, this is deedee use live from berlin, russian war plain, collides with us surveillance drawn over the black sea. the drone is similar to the one in these images. washington says an air collision sent the drawn, crashing into international waters and have summoned brushes. ambassador, also coming up fatima, put in his fighting for the existence of the russian state on a choreographed trip to assign barian weapons planned. the russian president in west is to blame all the war in ukraine. also it was a fight by the whole thing. and before the death toll in malawi, nearly 200 now from cyclop freddy recovery efforts hampered in the southern african country by torrential rain, i with awe and told me your logic. well, welcome to the program. a brazen violation of international law. that's what washington's calling an air collision between russian jets and a u. s. jerome that ben crashed into the black sea. russia, however, says it's jets, did not cause the crash. the incident marks the 1st direct encounter between the 2 world powers. since russia invaded ukraine just over one year ago, t

deedee, not his real name, left china for the promise of a well—paid job.cam compounds. this is a former scam boss. he is wearing a mask to avoid reprisals from criminal gangs. he says he made hundreds of thousands of dollars running a scam operation, even writing a guide for other scammers to follow. but that he now regrets his actions. translation: the pig butchering scam is all about using emotions. _ that is how you win their trust. the profiles we make up our always very handsome, rich, responsible and caring. it was a profile just like this that cindy fell for. the scammers stole the identity of an innocent social media influencer from south korea to target her with. he came at a time when i was the most vulnerable in my entire life. cindy is a successful businesswoman based in boston in the us. at the time, she was going through a divorce and had just found out she had terminal cancer. he would message me every day. if i was sad in my interactions with my husband, he was always there. when my husband and i had decided that we were going to divorce, t

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just can't believe it still deedee twine tells me she and martin have known each other since the sixthrade, and the two friends moved from iowa to the bay area in 1995 when they were in their mid twenties. twine says march hoped to raise her children and grandson for the life of me. i cannot imagine who would want to, you know, put him in harm's way. curtis has been good to a lot of people. friends say marsh embraced life . he worked as a hair stylist and performed as a drag queen. he did, curtis and that's what we loved about him. neighbors say marsh had lived in this apartment building for 15 years and was well liked. i hope whoever done this to curtis will be prosecuted to the fullest because he didn't deserved it when they took him away from my family. they stole a treasure. marsha's family plans to hold a vigil for him in front of his apartment saturday morning. his family plans to ship his remains back to his hometown in burlington, iowa, mike and let's hope that its role in for the police department as a search for his killer amberleigh live tonight for us, amber. thank you this