Mumbai man Manish alias ‘Maddy’ Gopi was arrested for trafficking around 60 youths to Myanmar and Thailand with fake job offers. Once there, they were sold to a Chinese cybercrime racket for $1,000 each and forced into online scams. Police are probing the wider international network and working to repatriate more victims still trapped abroad.
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