It began with a message in WIRED technology journalist Andy Greenberg's inbox, sent from a lawless stretch of Laos bordering Myanmar and Thailand. A computer engineer from India, trapped far from home inside an isolated compound, forced to work long hours luring western victims into fake crypto investments. This is how he exposed the never-before-seen inner workings of a modern forced labor operation—and escaped with his life.
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