In a major crackdown on one of the most disturbing forms of emerging cybercrime—cyber slavery—Maharashtra Cyber has successfully rescued over 60 Indian nationals who were trafficked to Myanmar under the false promise of lucrative overseas employment. The victims were coerced into working in large-scale cyber fraud operations run by transnational criminal syndicates.

According to officials, the victims were lured through social media by agents posing as employment consultants, offering high-paying jobs abroad. They were flown to Thailand on tourist visas, and then transported for hours toward the Thai-Myanmar border. “They were made to cross a river in small boats into Myanmar and then confined in heavily guarded compounds controlled by armed groups,” said Yashasvi Yadav, ADG, Maharashtra Cyber.