Ministry of Public Security warns of tricks to lure people to leave the country and illegally cross the border

Sophisticated tricks, complex developments

Lieutenant General To An Xo said that currently, many organized crime rings that illegally send Vietnamese people abroad have been formed with collusion between subjects inside and outside the country, both Vietnamese and foreigners.

The operating areas of these lines are very diverse from Asian, European, and American countries such as: China, Russia, Korea, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, USA, Canada... The exit route is by road, sea, and air.

One of the main methods and tricks to illegally migrate and exit the country for Vietnamese citizens is to search for and lure victims to countries near the border with Vietnam to do light work with high salaries, and organize for victims to leave the country without having to prove financial resources or qualifications, with quick procedures.

After Vietnamese citizens are sent abroad, they will be arranged to eat, stay, live and work in isolated areas, closely monitored and supervised, cut off from family and relatives, have their passports confiscated, forced to sign labor contracts and forced to work, and if they want to quit, they will have to pay a large sum of money in compensation.

In addition, these subjects take advantage of visa exemption policies in some countries, or through tourism , trade, and study to "gather" people who exit the country legally, then organize them to stay illegally or leave the country illegally to a third country.

During the process of communication and negotiation, the subjects often use junk SIM cards, anonymous social network accounts, direct money transfers and receipts, without receipts or minutes, or through bank accounts under other people's names, through intermediary money transfer services...

Brokers and organizations that illegally send people abroad often focus on luring and enticing people of working age, unemployed people, people with relatives working abroad, and people looking for jobs abroad.

On the people's side, besides many cases of being scammed and lured into becoming victims, there are also many cases of people actively connecting with subjects in criminal rings to illegally leave the country, then becoming victims and suffering serious consequences.

In 2023, the Southern local police received from Cambodia more than 600 people working in casinos who were rescued and returned to Vietnam; in May 2023, the Philippines rescued 437 Vietnamese people who were forced to work in casinos in this country; in December 2023, thousands of citizens trapped in the war in Myanmar were rescued and protected by our Party and State to return to Vietnam, many of whom were illegal immigrants or victims of illegal human trafficking rings.

Raise awareness and strictly comply with the provisions of the law on immigration.

The formation of illegal immigration lines and Vietnamese citizens seeking to enter and reside illegally in other countries has negatively impacted national security and social order and safety, causing many consequences such as: Negative impact on Vietnam's tourism brand, Vietnamese citizens encounter many difficulties in applying for visas (not just for tourism), many countries will consider putting Vietnam on the visa exemption list.

At the same time, it affects the normal operations of travel businesses with healthy tourism activities; directly affects the lives and safety of citizens...

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security recommends that people need to carefully study, raise awareness, strictly comply with the provisions of the law on entry and exit; be vigilant, grasp and identify the methods and tricks of the subjects and networks that organize others to exit, migrate illegally, buy and sell human beings and the consequences and implications of exiting, staying abroad to reside illegally, and work illegally, and not let bad subjects entice and entice them.

When there is a need to exit the country, people need to contact competent authorities, reputable travel and labor export companies with international travel licenses, sending workers to work abroad for advice and guidance on procedures; do not listen to and follow brokers and organizations to exit the country legally.

For victims, it is necessary to eliminate feelings of inferiority, fear of revenge, and fear of affecting their honor, so they do not report, making it difficult for authorities to verify and resolve related cases.

Do not assist or participate in activities of brokerage, organization, guidance, assistance, or incitement of others to illegally enter or exit the country; promptly notify and denounce subjects who organize activities of illegally sending people abroad to the authorities for prevention, suppression, investigation, and handling.

The police force continues to coordinate with domestic and foreign authorities to strengthen the work of grasping the situation, detecting, investigating, clarifying and strictly handling illegal exit and organization of exit, in order to maintain security and order, ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of Vietnamese citizens and organizations and businesses.

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