Myanmar, Thailand

Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam centre crackdown
Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday.
A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security official visited both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border.
Call-centre scam crackdown: Thai minister warns nearly 7,000 foreigners could flee Myanmar into Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai urges foreign governments to repatriate nearly 7,000 detained foreigners in Myanmar after call-centre scam crackdowns, warning of a potential mass exodus if swift action is not taken.
China to fly back 200 nationals rescued from Myanmar scam centres, Thai official says
China will fly home about 200 of its nationals found in scam-running compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, a Thai security official said on Tuesday, as part of a multinational effort to crack down on illegal online operations run from the region.
Thai, Cambodian Police Free 215 Foreigners in Scam Centre Raid
Thai and Cambodian police raided a building in a border town and freed 215 foreigners, a senior Thai official said on Sunday, in an expansion of a regional crackdown against cyber scam centres. Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and illegal online operations across Southeast Asia,
50 Pakistanis among 215 rescued in Thai-Cambodian raid on cyber scam centre
Thai and Cambodian authorities have rescued 215 foreign nationals in a major raid on a suspected cyber scam centre in the Cambodian border town of Poipet, a senior Thai official said on Sunday.The operation,
Chinese extricated from Myanmar scam centres fly home from Thailand
A group of 200 Chinese nationals plucked from scam centres in Myanmar crossed into Thailand and were flown home on Thursday, as part of a multinational effort to repatriate hundreds caught up in massive internet fraud schemes,
215 foreigners including Thais rescued from Cambodian scam centre
Cambodian police have rescued 215 foreigners, 109 of them Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city following stepped-up collaboration to combat scam gangs between Thailand and Cambodia.The operation followed Friday's urgent meeting between Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot,
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Job scam: 15 Malaysians forced to work as online scammers in Myanmar, says IGP
Police investigations have revealed as many as 15 Malaysians fell victim to job offer scams and were forced to work as online ...
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Myanmar scam worker rescues stall amid cross-border haggling
BANGKOK -- A Myanmar ethnic armed group has asked Thailand to ignore demands by the military regime and to bypass usual ...
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China adopts tough stand, jails scam gangsters for life
It named Xewei “as a supplier of a large number of people out of China to commit such crimes” and Sae Yang, his deputy, was ...
China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday ...
Myanmar scam centre survivors recall torture and coercion
Inside a Thai military camp, four Ethiopian men on Wednesday showed the bruises and scars on their bodies they said were ...
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China begins repatriating more than 1,000 scam workers rescued from Myanmar
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centres in eastern Myanmar has begun, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put ...
Trapped with fake job offers, Telangana victims reveal Myanmar horror
Indian nationals were deceived with false job offers in Myanmar and forced into scamming US-based NRIs using various fraud ...