Artillery fire thundered(发出雷鸣般的响声). Windows shattered(破碎，粉碎). Roofs caved in(坍塌，塌陷). And thousands of foreign workers – many who had been tricked and trafficked into the vast cyber-fraud industry that has flourished in south-east Asia – fled.(成千上万的外国工人——其中许多人曾被诱骗贩卖到东南亚蓬勃发展的庞大网络诈骗产业——纷纷逃离。)
炮火轰鸣，窗户破碎，屋顶坍塌。成千上万的外国工人——其中许多人曾被诱骗并贩卖到东南亚蓬勃发展的庞大网络诈骗产业——纷纷逃离。
For a brief moment, the regional crackdown(打击，镇压) appeared to mark a turning point in one of the world’s fastest-growing criminal industries, which has defrauded(诈骗，骗取) millions of people globally and generated(产生，带来) billions of dollars for organised crime(有组织犯罪) networks. Police and troops across Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar conducted(实施，进行) mass raids(突袭，搜捕) to empty and demolish(拆除，摧毁) some of the region’s massive scam centres. But for many of those who escaped, freedom was only the beginning of another ordeal(磨难，煎熬).
在短暂的一刻，这场区域性的打击行动似乎标志着世界上增长最快的犯罪产业之一的转折点，该产业已诈骗全球数百万人，并为有组织犯罪网络带来数十亿美元的收入。泰国、柬埔寨和缅甸的警察和军队进行了大规模突袭，清空并拆除了一些地区性的大型诈骗中心。但对许多逃脱者来说，自由只是另一场磨难的开始。
Months later, the consequences are still unfolding(逐渐展现，发展) in Cambodia, where thousands of survivors from Africa, Latin America and Asia remain stranded(滞留，被困) without passports, money or any clear route home(回家的路线).
数月之后，后果仍在柬埔寨显现，数千名来自非洲、拉丁美洲和亚洲的幸存者仍滞留于此，没有护照、没有钱，也没有任何明确的回家途径。