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Myanmar militia says ready to deport 10,000 cyber scam workers
A Myanmar ethnic militia said on Saturday it was preparing to deport 10,000 people linked to cyber scams in the area it ...
Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated
Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to ...
About 260 human trafficking victims rescued from telecom scam operations in Myanmar
About 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopian, have been transferred into Thailand after being found ...
The Diplomat5d
ASEAN Dithers as Scam Syndicates in Myanmar Bypass Thai Energy Cuts
Human trafficking and scam compounds are sowing further rifts within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after ...
The Economist9d
Online scams may already be as big a scourge as illegal drugs
“If you don’t hit your targets, they electrocute you,” explains Jalil, a Ugandan who was trapped in a scam compound in Myanmar in 2023. Sara (also not her real name), who was trafficked from ...
CNN9d
Power cut to site of global, billion-dollar scam industry. But will it halt the swindling?
In the event there were electricity cuts, compound bosses could switch ... Amid the political turmoil, Myanmar has become a cyber scam hotspot, where fraud, cybercrime, human trafficking, money ...