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Author: Charlotte Setijadi

Charlotte Setijadi is a Lecturer in Asian Studies and Head of Program for Asian Studies at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. An anthropologist, she researches Chinese Indonesian identity politics, Indonesian political culture, and diaspora politics. She is the author of Memories of Unbelonging: Ethnic Chinese Identity Politics in Post-Suharto Indonesia (University of Hawai’i Press, 2023).

Human Trafficking for Forced Criminality in Southeast Asia’s Online Scam Industry: Lessons from China and Indonesia

Written by Charlotte Setijadi on . Posted in Working Papers.

This comparative study examines the experiences of Chinese and Indonesian victims of human trafficking for forced criminality in Southeast Asia’s scam compounds. It focuses on media portrayals, recruitment mechanisms, the role of civil society in assisting survivors, and relations between workers of different nationalities within scam operations.