ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Trending: Yami Baito - Inside Japanβs dark part-time jobs
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Trending investigates the phenomenon of Yami Baito, where replying to a job posting on social media could put you behind bars.
A wave of criminal activity in Japan has been blamed on social media. Yami Baito β meaning βdark part-time jobsβ in Japanese β refers to job ads posted by criminal gangs on social media and encrypted messaging platforms including Telegram. Jobseekers are blackmailed or enticed with the promise of getting rich quick to commit a range of crimes from scamming elderly people to, at its most extreme, armed robbery. Japanese police have attempted to crack down on Yami Baito by taking down these ads and launching public awareness campaigns. But ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Trending explores evidence that these recruiters are still operating online. We hear from someone who got sucked into Yami Baito, and a criminal mastermind in charge of recruitment.
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