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The CBI connected Wednesday (May 6, 2026) raided 9 locations crossed 4 states successful its probe into trafficking of Indian nationals to Southeast Asian countries nether the pretext of lucrative overseas jobs and arrested 1 idiosyncratic from Lucknow, officials said.
According to an authoritative statement, investigations revealed that victims were lured with "false promises of high-paying employment" and transported to scam compounds successful countries specified arsenic Myanmar and Cambodia, wherever they were forced into cyber fraud operations successful conditions described arsenic “cyber slavery”.
Victims were subjected to "severe restrictions connected movement", with their passports often confiscated upon arrival, the bureau said.
It added that determination were instances of "physical and intelligence harassment", and successful respective cases, victims were compelled to put ransom payments from their families for release.
As portion of the probe, the CBI conducted coordinated searches successful Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow, Kashipur, and areas successful Gonda and Saharanpur districts of Uttar Pradesh, pursuing a nationwide enquiry successful which statements of victims were recorded.
The bureau said it carried retired "detailed fiscal analysis, including tracking cryptocurrency transactions" to place those progressive successful the trafficking network, and seized physics devices containing incriminating grounds during the searches.
One idiosyncratic was arrested successful Lucknow for his alleged relation successful facilitating the trafficking operations, the connection said.
Preliminary findings suggest that agents "receive payments from operators of scam compounds" successful speech for supplying Indian nationals, it said.
