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 ...

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar.

Thousands of people have been freed in recent weeks from the online scam centers operating near the Myanmar-Thai border. Most of them are stuck in limbo waiting to be flown home. https://p.dw.com ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with journalist Jan Camenzind Broomby about the thousands of people who are stuck in limbo after being caught in online scam centers in Myanmar but who can't return home.

“At present, many online gambling and fraud dens have ... was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar’s borderlands. In a torture chamber, he was bound and beaten. Electric shocks made his ...

As such, China has also taken an important role in cracking down on scam centers in Myanmar. Online scams are also a domestic problem for Beijing. In January, a Chinese actor went missing after ...

Thailand said Friday it had agreed with Myanmar and China to repatriate thousands of alleged scam center workers stranded ... and force them into committing online fraud. Under pressure from ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — 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 repatriation, and those helping them ...

Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum Monday as a top Chinese security official visited both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border ahead of expected large-scale ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a ...