BREAKING NEWS: SCARS Institute Helps Rescue Scammer Slaves in Laos!
Agam Firmansyah Putra Successfully Rescued from a Laotian Scammer Slave Compound with SCARS Institute Help
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• SCARS Editorial Team – Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc.
About This Article
In September 2024, SCARS Institute successfully assisted in the rescue of Agam Firmansyah Putra, a victim of an employment scam held captive in a casino complex in Northern Laos.
The complex, located in the Golden Triangle region, serves as a base for organized criminal gangs running large-scale scams with forced labor. After verifying his situation, SCARS coordinated with the International Justice Mission and Laotian rescue teams to free Agam. With support from the Indonesian Embassy, he was able to escape and return home safely to Indonesia. SCARS continues to support victims like Agam in their fight for freedom.
BREAKING NEWS: SCARS Institute Helps Rescue Scammer Slaves in Laos!
Successfully rescued from a Laotian Scammer Slave Compound: Agam Firmansyah Putra
In August 2024, SCARS was contacted by a victim of an employment scam who traveled to Laos for a great new job but only to find out he was being held captive in a Casino complex in Northern Laos. In September 2024, we successfully helped him escape!
The Golden Triangle is a region where Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar all come together and it is a favorite location for Chinese organized criminal gangs to operate large-scale casino complexes. These complexes also serve as the base of operations for vast scamming operations that rely on captive scam victims to carry out their scams.
One such complex operates within sight of the other countries inside of Laos. It was from here that an individual contacted SCARS Institute for help in August.
It took a while to confirm that the story we were being told was real, that he was being physically punished because he was not productive enough and did not want to scam other people but as soon as we did we turned to our friends at the International Justice Mission to coordinate a rescue with their in-country rescue team led by ‘Nick’. It took a few days to prepare and coordinate the escape of Agam Firmansyah Putra but once the plan and assets were in place, he escaped. With the help of the Indonesian Embassy, he obtained a replacement for his passport which the criminals had taken from him.
Now that he was successfully rescued from a scamming compound in Laos with the help of our partners at IJM (International Justice Mission) & Laotian Rescue Team, he is now back home in Indonesia.
Congratulations Agam Firmansyah Putra, we are proud to have helped. We wish you the very best in your future!
SCARS Institute is proud to be able to help support those in need!
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