Spanish and French police    11    a human trafficking ring that smuggled migrants into Europe and the United States, charging up to 50,000 euros per person. A total of 75 suspects were    12    , including 51 in Spain and 24 in France after a two-year    13    investigation. The traffickers provided    14   identities and transport foreign citizens to the United States and countries such as Spain, France, and Turkey. Spanish police    15    81 fake passports from Asian countries such as Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan.

       The government urged people who are planning to work in Southeast Asia to exercise extra __11__ , as Taiwanese jobseekers were reportedly abused and coerced into engaging in fraudulent activities in Cambodia. Promises of free round-trip tickets, favorable treatment and a salary of more than NT$100,000 per month had Taiwanese __12__ the employment scam. As fraud rings excel __13__ enticing people by promising them benefits that they will never see, anyone could have been targeted, __14__ nationality or background. As for deterrence measures, it is high time for Taiwan to impose stricter laws and harsher punishments for scammers and their accomplices. Most scammers convicted in Taiwan receive jail sentences of less than a year, while money mules typically receive less than four months in prison, and the __15__ rate is high.