Myanmar detains 270 foreigners from scam compounds on Thai border
Myanmar authorities detained 273 foreigners from scam compounds along the border with Thailand on Monday, as a senior Chinese official visited frontier towns on both sides in a widening crackdown on illegal online operations.
A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appear to gain momentum with a visit by a top Chinese official to the border zone ahead of expected large-scale repatriations of workers in the illicit industry.
Chinese workers from Myanmar scam centres heading home via Thailand
Hundreds of Chinese workers were heading home on Thursday after being returned from online scam centres in Myanmar, as authorities crack down on the illegal operations.
Myanmar returns first batch of Chinese scam workers to Thailand
Myanmar on Thursday handed over the first batch of hundreds of Chinese scam centre workers who are set to be repatriated through Thailand in the coming days. Thousands of foreigners are expected to be freed and returned from scam compounds in Myanmar in the coming weeks,
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.
Indians among foreign nationals lured in online scams in Myanmar
About 7,000 people have been rescued from illegal call centre operations in Myanmar. The rescued people are now waiting to be transferred to Thailand where the Prime minister said her country had launched a large-scale crackdown on scam centres operating on her country's border.
Old photos show armoured vehicle transfer and border patrol, not 'Thai military preparing to enter Myanmar'
As Thailand intensified efforts to crack down on compounds housing illegal scam operations that have flourished in parts of ...
Meth seized near Mizoram-Myanmar border
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Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
Last week Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and promised to shut down the scam centres which have proliferated along the Thai-Myanmar border. Her government ...
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Illegal job seekers arrested near Myanmar border
KANCHANABURI - Forty-five illegal migrants from Myanmar seeking jobs in Thailand or Malaysia were arrested in Thong Pha Phum ...
Online fraud crackdown: Myanmar Border Guard Force arrests over 1,000 foreigners in Shwe Kokko
Karen Border Guard Force raids high-rise buildings in Shwe Kokko, rounding up several hundred foreigners believed to be ...
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Scrapping the Free Movement Regime With Myanmar Has Created Challenges for India
The India-Myanmar border is not only a frontier that New Delhi needs to secure, but is also a vital tool in India’s foreign ...
Chinese court tries Myanmar gang accused of scams, drugs, extortion and murder
A Chinese court has begun hearing charges against 23 members of a notorious Myanmar-based telecoms fraud gang accused of a ...
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 ...
Myanmar detains over 270 foreigners from scam compounds on Thai border
YANGON - The Myanmar authorities detained 273 foreigners from scam compounds along the border with Thailand on Feb 17, as a ...
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China urges Thailand to continue blackout of essential services across the border to Myanmar to deter human trafficking, criminal scam activities
China has called on Thailand to continue cutting off supply of essential services such as electricity, fuel, and Internet ...