A 16-year-old Japanese boy was rescued from a scam syndicate in Myanmar near the border with Thailand earlier this week,

Sixty-one hapless victims, duped by call-centre scammers and whisked away to Myanmar, yesterday made a triumphant return to Thailand.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has urged communities in Myanmar to support efforts to crack down on call-centre scammers along the border, saying Thailand will resume the supply of power and internet to the neighbouring country once criminal networks are rooted out of the areas concerned.

Over 260 foreign nationals have been freed from scam syndicates in Myanmar where they had been forced to work, the Thai

A Hongkonger held prisoner and forced to work at a scam farm in Myanmar has been rescued and is back across the border in Thailand, SAR officials

More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand. They were received by the Thai army,

At a scam compound in Myanmar, Filipina worker Pieta had just days to romance strangers online and trick them into investing in a fake business -- failing which she would

Another 260 foreign nationals rescued from online scam syndicates in Myanmar were handed over to authorities in Thailand on Wednesday. This came after Thailand cut power and fuel supplies to five border towns in Myanmar linked to illegal online scamming activities.