{"id":4120,"date":"2026-08-05T13:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/nuns-take-to-jakarta-streets-warn-online-scams-fuel-trafficking-uca-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:05:04","slug":"nuns-take-to-jakarta-streets-warn-online-scams-fuel-trafficking-uca-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/nuns-take-to-jakarta-streets-warn-online-scams-fuel-trafficking-uca-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuns take to Jakarta streets, warn online scams fuel trafficking- UCA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nuns take to Jakarta streets, warn <a href=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/24-best-online-business-ideas-to-start-in-2026\/\" title=\"24 Best Online Business Ideas to Start in 2026\">online<\/a> scams fuel trafficking<br \/>\nAbout 10,000 Indonesians lured into online scam operations in 10 countries from 2020 to end of 2025, Foreign Ministry says<\/p>\n<p>Nuns and rights activists joined the\u00a0<em>Talitha Kum Walk &amp; Talk<\/em>in Jakarta on Aug. 2. (Photo supplied)<\/p>\n<p>Catholic nuns took to the streets of Indonesia\u2019s capital, Jakarta, to raise awareness about scammers increasingly using online job advertisements to lure people into human trafficking networks across Southeast Asia<\/p>\n<p>The Aug. 2 campaign combined a mass walk with an interactive talk show featuring humanitarian activist Inaya Wahid, days after the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30<\/p>\n<p>The program, called &#8216;Talitha Kum Walk and Talk: Walking Together and Speaking Out Against Human Trafficking,&#8217; was organized by Talitha Kum Indonesia\u2019s Jakarta network and 43 other civil society groups<\/p>\n<p>The event echoed this year\u2019s United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)\u2019s campaign theme, &#8216;Trapped Behind the Scam,&#8217; which highlights how traffickers deceive victims through high-paying fake job advertisements on social media<\/p>\n<p>Ursuline Sister Irena Handayani, coordinator of Talitha Kum\u2019s Jakarta network, said the rise of online scams shows that trafficking is no longer limited to conventional recruitment for domestic work or factory jobs<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnline scam cases are a concern because many victims initially do not realize they are being drawn into a human trafficking network,\u201d she told UCA News<\/p>\n<p>Victims are often promised high-paying jobs in technology, digital services, marketing or administration, Handayani said, adding that they are forced by transnational criminal syndicates to run online fraud operations after arriving in destination countries, particularly in Southeast Asia<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey experience exploitation, confinement, threats, violence, confiscation of documents and are forced to scam others,\u201d the nun said<\/p>\n<p>Handayani said victims often face a double burden: they are exploited by criminal networks but may also be treated as offenders because they were forced to take part in fraud schemes<\/p>\n<p>Young workers, recent graduates, laid-off workers, migrant workers and people with limited access to safe migration information and digital literacy are among the most vulnerable, she said<\/p>\n<p>Recent cases show the scale of the problem. Indonesia\u2019s Foreign Ministry said about 10,000 Indonesians were indicated to have been involved in online scam operations in 10 countries from 2020 to the end of 2025, with 1,500 verified as trafficking victims<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia also repatriated 1,203 citizens from online scam compounds in Myanmar through Thailand between Feb. 20 and July 16<\/p>\n<p>The International Organization for Migration said it has assisted more than 660 trafficking victims linked to online scam operations in Indonesia since 2022<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/check-osv-pope-leo-writes-to-97-year-old-cardinal-who-spent-18-years-in-labor-camps-6a717a636d9a9_600.jpeg\" alt=\"Pope Leo writes to 97-year-old cardinal who spent 18 years in labor camps\"><br \/>\nBy Courtney Mares, OSV News| Vatican City<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/check-christ-satisfies-humanitys-hunger-for-truth-justice-says-pope-6a706b9ff168a_600.jpeg\" alt=\"Christ satisfies humanity\u2019s hunger for truth, justice, says pope\"><br \/>\nBy UCA News reporter| Vatican City<\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/check-osv-pope-leos-meeting-with-patti-smith-highlights-rockers-church-adjacent-artistry-6a6d7e7a98bdb_600.jpeg\" alt=\"Pope Leo&apos;s meeting with Patti Smith highlights rocker&apos;s Church-adjacent artistry\"><br \/>\nBy Vatican News, OSV News| Vatican City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, the women\u2019s empowerment ministry recorded more than 2,000 identified trafficking victims between 2021 and June 2025, most of them women and girls<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese figures are believed to be only a small part of the actual cases, considering that trafficking in persons remains an iceberg phenomenon, with far fewer cases revealed than the reality on the ground,\u201d Women\u2019s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Arifah Fauzi said in a statement<\/p>\n<p>In an age when quality journalism is increasingly hidden behind paywalls and drowned in<br \/>\n                advertising, UCA News remains free \u2014 because truth should never come with a price tag<\/p>\n<p>That commitment to freedom and truth has kept us going for almost fifty years, despite<br \/>\n                financial<br \/>\n                struggles and political obstacles. 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