and eventually smuggled into myanmar where they were forced to work up to 17 hours a day. we were told to find indonesian whatsapp numbers. once we got the number, it was no longer our concern. we don't know what was being done after that. others were chorused into operating, seek social media accounts, pretending to become romantically engaged with victims, to trick them into transferring large sums of money to investments, an online purchase. this one's funds were secured. all communication was cut, living victims, not just with broken hearts, but also m d bank accounts. just like with many normal jobs, they were daily targets involved to at least 5 victims per day. if they feel to each of the goals they would be beatings, not bonuses. there was one person who worked is the right hand man, if the boss who supervised our performance. if we didn't reach the what's that target? he would torture us. neil id myanmar remains a hot spot for online skimming syndicates with an estimated $7000.00 for national, still trapped in forest labor. among them, 359 in the nation citizens a

only a week ago, there were still trap in myanmar, forced to work and on line skim operations. after being lowered by false drop offers, they are the living breathing result of indonesia is commitment to rescue and re petri its citizens. in prison is human trafficking around south east asia from 2020, to february 2025. and the nature of the ministry of foreign affairs has recorded at least 6800 and a nation citizens involved in online scans across the time. countries with the majority found income body of the philippines and myanmar. but the real number likely even higher. the, the nation government has been working to rescue it's citizens. but prevention remains a challenge in this type of economy. victims alerted by fig drop offers, promising high salaries only to find themselves trapped in scam operations. under threats and violence. visa and hobby are among the victims. this 2 young man from north to my truck were hesitant to talk to the media at 1st, but then opened up about their ordeal in the hope others can learn from their mistakes. the had been caught out 6 months ago

after being forced to work in online scam centers in myanmar, they're part of the hundreds of thousands of people in southeast asia being controlled by criminal gangs, some victims of traffic for years and described being tortured and beaten. jessica washington has a story from jakarta, exhausted and overwhelmed these young nations of finally back on home soil of to be traffic in to me. and we also happy to be back in indonesia, the conditions in the young model of the toner. but i felt like our lives were not following you to. they made me pretend to be a woman online to get some money from. to hundreds of thousands of people have been translated into criminal compounds in the southeast asian country and forced to engage in online scans. many had been tricked into flying to thailand before being forced to cross the border in demand. the meaning of that money got to either their nodes with work or pretends yusef as customer service as a programmer or working in the gaming sector. but then they're forced to commit fraud. so the international term is force terminal to just uh, plastic. ta

let us pray for tormented ukraine, palestine, israel, lebanon, myanmar and sudan and kivu in the democraticblic of congo. so clearly he is watching the situation. he is staying abreast of events, but he certainly is not able to function as he certainly would like to. this is a pope well known in italian. they call him a nardone, which means a very stubborn individual. he wants to continue to work, and really, the doctors are basically having to read the riot act to him that he has got to get better before he can resume his normal duties. rosemary. >> thanks to ben wedeman bringing us that update from rome. appreciate it. and we'll be right back. >> spring forward this tax season with straight talk. and get a free samsung galaxy a16 5g with select plans, all with real unlimited data on america's most reliable 5g network. because this tax season is free phone season. straight talk available at walmart at. >> fisher investments. >> we may look like. >> other money managers. >> but we're different. >> you can't be that different. >> we are. >> we have a team. >> of specialists, not. >> only in