Cuts to US foreign aid are hurting efforts to tackle human trafficking at scam compounds. Americans may pay the price
More than 220,000 people have been trafficked to Southeast Asia and forced to scam people around the world. Funding cuts to ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)2d
They Were Forced To Scam Others Worldwide. Now Thousands Are Detained on the Myanmar Border
An operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in ...
Myanmar: Indians repatriated after release from scam centers
Thousands of people have been freed in recent weeks from the online scam centers operating near the Myanmar-Thai border. Most ...
300 Indians rescued from Myanmar scam centers, flown home via Thailand
Nearly 300 Indians returned home via Thailand after being rescued from scam centers in Myanmar. A crackdown, mainly targeting ...
Boise State Public Radio3d
Thousands of online scam workers are stuck in limbo in Myanmar
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.
Takeaways from the AP's reporting into what people face in Myanmar after release from forced labor
Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed ...
Scammers are stealing personal information with online document converters, FBI warns
Victims may not realize their information has been stolen or malware has been downloaded on their devices after using free ...
Satellite Photos Show Scamming Capital of the World
Notorious scam centers in the Golden Triangle between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos steal billions of dollars a year from U.S. citizens.
Interaksyon7d
Explainer: What are Southeast Asia’s scam centers, and why are they being dismantled?
Scam centres that operated along the Thai-Myanmar border for years have drawn fresh attention after the high-profile ...
What are Southeast Asia's scam centres, and why are they being dismantled?
Scam centres that operated along the Thai-Myanmar border for years have drawn fresh attention after the high-profile ...
The Street Journal9d
Can Myanmar’s scam centers be shut down for good?
Hundreds of thousands of people have been lured into fake jobs across Southeast Asia after being promised lucrative employment. They have been effectively treated as slaves, forced into working scam ...