# Educated, skilled and ambitious? Traffickers are targeting you

https://mins.news/en/item/37720

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-30 16:03 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/8/30/educated-skilled-ambitious-traffickers-are-looking-for-you?traffic_source=rss

> Young jobseekers are lured by fake offers promising good salaries, sponsored visas and flights, then taken to scam compounds where their passports are confiscated and they are forced to defraud people online. The IOM estimates that at least 300,000 people have been trafficked or coerced into such compounds across Southeast Asia, with the networks expanding into Africa.