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They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are held in detention on the Myanmar border
Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and, some, their eyes ...
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 ...
Bangkok Post on MSN1d
More Chinese repatriation flights for scammers arrive
More repatriation flights from China have arrived in Tak's Mae Sot district to take home Chinese nationals rescued from call centre scams in Myanmar.The chartered flights operated by China Southern ...
84 Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
MAE SOT, Thailand — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers ... The crackdown on the scam centers in Myanmar followed ...
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More Chinese scam workers repatriated via Thailand as crackdown on fraud centres continues
a notorious hub for scamming across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot. Several flights were due to leave for China on Thursday and across the weekend. Beijing is handling the processing of its ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
Over 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown
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 ...
On a Lawless Tropical Border, the Global Scam Industry Thrives
A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
84 Indonesians taken out of scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam ... The crackdown and repatriation effort came shortly after ...
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Over 7,000 from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after crackdown
MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online ... Myanmar and China follows Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's visit to Beijing this month, where she told Chinese leader Xi Jinping ...
The Washington Post10d
84 Indonesians taken out of scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
MAE SOT, Thailand — Eighty-four Indonesians freed ... after Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra paid a visit to Beijing earlier this month, where she told Chinese leader Xi Jinping ...
The Washington Post11d
Over 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown
MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online ... Myanmar and China follows Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s visit to Beijing this month, where she told Chinese leader Xi Jinping ...