Myanmar frees 1,000 scam center workers

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.
Myanmar Frees 1,000 Scam Center Workers as Crackdown Widens
Myanmar’s military government said it is ready to hand over about 1,000 foreign nationals rescued from cyber scam centers near the Thai border as authorities vowed to intensify a crackdown against transnational criminal groups.
Myanmar Junta Hails Scam Center Arrests
The regime claims it is working with China to break apart online scam operations near the Chinese border in northern Shan State.
Myanmar authorities launch operation at suspected online scam center, workers to be repatriated
Hundreds of workers from online scam centers in Myanmar have been rescued near the Thai border, ahead of an expected large-scale repatriation operation.
Hundreds of Myanmar scam center victims handed over to Thai army
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on Thursday, in a massive repatriation that comes amid a mounting crackdown on scam centers operating along a porous border. Sean Hogan has more.
Over 250 people held at Myanmar scam center returned to Thailand
More than 250 people rescued from online scam centers in Myanmar were handed over to Thailand on Feb. 12, a senior Thai army official said, following a series of crackdowns on the illegal operations.
Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated
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, Thailand's army announced Thursday. In a fresh crackdown on scam centers operating from Southeast Asia,
Thailand Promises Further Measures Against Scam Operations in Myanmar
Thai authorities say they are requesting arrest warrants for three leaders of an ethnic Karen militia believed to be harboring online scam syndicates.
Myanmar frees 1,000 scam center workers including Indians as crackdown widens
The scam center victims are mostly from Asian countries including China and India while some others came from East Africa, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Information.
Thai PM Says 7,000 People Rescued From Myanmar Call Centres to Be Handed Over to Thailand
Some 7,000 people rescued from illegal call centre operations in Myanmar were waiting be transferred to Thailand, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Wednesday. The government is acting quickly to resolve this problem,
China to fly back 200 nationals rescued from Myanmar scam centres, Thai official says
China will fly home about 200 of its nationals found in scam-running compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, a Thai security official said on Tuesday, as part of a multinational effort to crack down on illegal online operations run from the region.
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Battered Myanmar scam center workers wait for deportation to China
Battered and bruised Chinese workers from online scam centers in Myanmar faced an anxious wait to return home, as Beijing and ...
Thailand receives hundreds of human trafficking victims held at Myanmar scam centers
Hundreds of human trafficking victims who were deceived and forced to work in Myanmar scam centers have been turned over to ...
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China Urges Thailand to Maintain Utility Bans in Myanmar
The request is part of a four-point proposal by Chinese Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi on how to deal with scam call centers in Myanmar.
Senior officials from China, Thailand, Myanmar arrive in Myawaddy in joint efforts to combat telecom fraud
Senior officials from Myanmar, China, and Thailand have arrived in Myawaddy in Myanmar to crack down on telecom fraud and ...
Japan nationals freed from forced work for scammers in Myanmar
A 16-year-old Japanese boy was rescued from a scam syndicate in Myanmar near the border with Thailand earlier this week, ...
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Karen Warlord Protests Against Thai Arrest Threat Over Scam Centers
Notorious warlord Saw Chit Thu claims he has done “a lot” to combat human trafficking to online scam centers in his Myawaddy ...