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And these scam compounds house, we think, between 120 and up to 200,000 scam workers that are working there at the moment. Now, so far, it's been a win-win, at least for those on the higher levels.

The agency told the BBC it acted off a tip-off about the network, which was operating in the city of Faisalabad.