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80 Taiwanese detained in Paraguay, believed to be exploited in online betting trade

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80 Taiwanese detained in Paraguay, believed to be exploited in Chinese online betting trade

The 57 men and 23 women may have been victims in a human-trafficking ring and possibly forced to take drugs to stay awake to work at night, prosecutor says


PUBLISHED : Friday, 16 January, 2015, 1:19pm
UPDATED : Friday, 16 January, 2015, 1:19pm

AFP in Asuncion, Paraguay

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A group of Taiwanese 'online betting workers' are being held by Paraguayan authorities. Photo: EPA

A total of 80 Taiwanese people allegedly working in the illegal-gambling trade have been detained by police in Paraguay, a prosecutor said on Thursday.

The 57 men and 23 women are believed to have been illegally exploited as workers in a human- and drug-trafficking ring.

“They lived closed-in, cramped and exploited; they were exhausted and disoriented,” Alfredo Acosta, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation, said. “We are assuming that they were working in online Chinese betting. Their work schedule was during the night and early morning, exactly business hours in China.”

Acosta said the authorities were seeking those responsible for bringing the illegal workers to Paraguay.

One suspect, Ching Waing Lang, 35, has been arrested.

Police raided two houses in Ciudad del Este, on the border with Brazil, overnight Wednesday to Thursday, where they found the Taiwanese workers, who were using computers and various IT devices in cramped conditions.

“They were even likely forced to take certain drugs to stay awake at certain hours,” Acosta said.

According to their identifying documents, the workers stopped in other countries before arriving in Paraguay, where most entered as tourists between November 14 and 29.

“None of them speaks Spanish, Portuguese or English,” Acosta said.


 
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