TO GO WITH: Philippines-crime-trafficking-politics, FOCUS by Allison Jackson and Cecil Morella
In this photo taken on July 18, 2024, shows a detained former scam center worker walking along the detention rooms of a scam center in Manila that has been shut down by police. Scam centres have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, with crime syndicates luring, kidnapping or coercing workers into predatory online activity, and raking in billions of dollars. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Philippines-crime-trafficking-politics, FOCUS by Allison Jackson and Cecil Morella