5 days ago · In former scam compounds across southeastern Myanmar, thousands of freed workers are stuck in limbo. Rescued from their previous lives as cyber scammers, many are now waiting to be repatriated.

Feb 14, 2025 · An earlier crackdown on scam centers in Myanmar was initiated in late 2023 after China expressed embarrassment and concern over illegal casinos and scam operations in Myanmar’s northern Shan state along its border. Ethnic guerrilla groups with close ties to Beijing shut down many operations, and an estimated 45,000 Chinese nationals suspected ...

Feb 27, 2025 · People from China, Vietnam, Ethiopia believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers after they were rescued in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar on...

1 day ago · China has repatriated nearly 3,000 telecoms fraud suspects from Myanmar since launching a joint crackdown with Myanmar and Thailand earlier this year, according to the top Chinese police authority.

Feb 27, 2025 · A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriations.

Feb 26, 2025 · Mike is one of an estimated 100,000 people who are believed to have been lured to work in the scam operations along the Thai-Myanmar border, most of them run by Chinese fraud and gambling ...

Jul 22, 2023 · Around 25km upriver lies what experts believe to be ground zero of the Myanmar scam trade: Shwe Kokko, a small city of casinos, hotels, KTV rooms and scam compounds. Shwe Kokko is in territory controlled by the Kayin Border Guard Force, a paramilitary group nominally under the command of the Myanmar military that’s led by Colonel Saw Chit Thu.

Feb 27, 2025 · With the Thai government failing to intervene forcefully, Chinese gangsters and militia commanders from Myanmar have smuggled tens of thousands of people across the riverine frontier to labor in...

Feb 20, 2025 · 260 people, mostly victims, were sent from Myanmar to Thailand amid a multinational crackdown on scam centres. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mar 9, 2025 · MAE SOT, Thailand — A dramatic and highly publicized operation by the Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities has led to the release of more than 7,000 people from online scam compounds in Myanmar ...