Myanmar, Thailand and scam

7,000 foreigners rescued from scam labor in Myanmar: Thai sources
A total of some 7,000 foreign nationals have been rescued from scam syndicates in Myanmar where they had been forced to w
Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam centre crackdown
Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday.
A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security official visited both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border.
Call-centre scam crackdown: Thai minister warns nearly 7,000 foreigners could flee Myanmar into Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai urges foreign governments to repatriate nearly 7,000 detained foreigners in Myanmar after call-centre scam crackdowns, warning of a potential mass exodus if swift action is not taken.
Chinese extricated from Myanmar scam centres fly home from Thailand
A group of 200 Chinese nationals plucked from scam centres in Myanmar crossed into Thailand and were flown home on Thursday, as part of a multinational effort to repatriate hundreds caught up in massive internet fraud schemes,
China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China.
Hundreds of workers detained and repatriated from scam compounds on Thai border
Hundreds of workers were detained and repatriated from scam compounds in Myanmar. The alleged scammers were caught during raids of suspected call centre gang offices in the Myawaddy Township, on February 18.
Myanmar scam centre survivors recall torture and coercion
Inside a Thai military camp, four Ethiopian men on Wednesday showed the bruises and scars on their bodies they said were sustained during their time in one of Myanmar's most notorious scam compounds.
50 Pakistanis among 215 rescued in Thai-Cambodian raid on cyber scam centre
Thai and Cambodian authorities have rescued 215 foreign nationals in a major raid on a suspected cyber scam centre in the Cambodian border town of Poipet, a senior Thai official said on Sunday.The operation,
215 foreigners including Thais rescued from Cambodian scam centre
Cambodian police have rescued 215 foreigners, 109 of them Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city following stepped-up collaboration to combat scam gangs between Thailand and Cambodia.The operation followed Friday's urgent meeting between Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot,
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Job scam: 15 Malaysians forced to work as online scammers in Myanmar, says IGP
Police investigations have revealed as many as 15 Malaysians fell victim to job offer scams and were forced to work as online ...
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Myanmar deports 100 scam center workers
Myanmar handed over more than 100 Chinese scam center workers to be repatriated through Thailand on Saturday, the third batch ...
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Thailand Urged to Speed Prosecution of BGF Leaders Over Myawaddy Scam Centers
Justice For Myanmar urged Thai prosecutors to apply to the courts for arrest warrants for Col. Saw Chit Thu, Lt-Col Colonel Mote Thone and Maj. Tin Win.
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China begins repatriating more than 1,000 scam workers rescued from Myanmar
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centres in eastern Myanmar has begun, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put ...
Trapped with fake job offers, Telangana victims reveal Myanmar horror
Indian nationals were deceived with false job offers in Myanmar and forced into scamming US-based NRIs using various fraud ...