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1 story · First covered Jun 8, 2026 · Latest Jun 8
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The call came from Nagoya. The boy on the line was not her grandson.

The call came from Nagoya. The boy on the line was not her grandson.

A 39-year-old Japanese national identified only as Mr. Sasaki was arrested in Bangkok's Thonglor district on June 6 after running what Japanese prosecutors allege was a billion-yen call center empire out of Poipet, Cambodia. The voices on the phone were trafficked. The grandmothers on the other end were not.