Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- A UN report on Friday detailed the grave abuses against those trafficked into scam centres from dozens of countries across the world, mostly in Southeast Asia, including Bangladesh.

Scam centres are compounds often connected with transnational criminal networks through which various criminal activities, including online fraud, human trafficking, and slavery take place.

The report of Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) geographically documented instances of torture, sexual abuse, exploitation, forced abortions, food deprivation, and solitary confinement, among other grave human rights abuses, UN said.

"The treatment endured by individuals within the context of scam operations is alarming," the r...