Maharashtra Authorities Rescue Over 60 Indians Trapped In Myanmar 'Cyber Slavery' Racket

The official described this as perhaps the 'biggest action' taken by the Maharashtra Cyber in a cyber slavery case with the help of the external affairs ministry and the home affairs ministry, a news agency PTI report said.

In this case, the victims were promised high-salary jobs abroad but, were instead threatened and physically tortured to commit cyber frauds in Myanmar.

Notably, cyber slavery has been increasing becoming a form of exploitation that begins with online deception and later turns into human trafficking.