Over 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown

‘Bring back Filipinos trafficked to Myanmar scam hubs’

Sen. Risa Hontiveros yesterday urged authorities to crack down on a human trafficking syndicate that lures victims with promises of free trips to Thailand, only to exploit them in scam hubs in Myanmar.

Trapped at border: Kenyans in ‘dire’ conditions after scam rescue

More than 60 Kenyans rescued from Myanmar ’s notorious cyberscam compounds are trapped at the border with Thailand in “dire” conditions, according to the...

MAE SOT. Ariyan, 26, went to Thailand with the promise of a well-paying job. Instead, he ended up in Myanmar, pressured to scam people out of at least 50,000 kronor a day. He is one of hundreds of thousands who have been forced to work in slave-like conditions with scams in Southeast Asia. Now a clean-up is underway in the world's largest cluster of online fraud.

Can Myanmar's scam centers be shut down for good?

Thousands of people from dozens of countries held in Myanmar's border scam centers are awaiting repatriation — but is this really the end of the billion-dollar scam center operations?

Over 600 Chinese nationals involved in telecom scam repatriated from Myanmar

Repatriation follows a ministerial-level meeting in Bangkok, where China, Myanmar, Thailand officials discussed strategies to combat cross-border telecommunications and online fraud, reports media - Anadolu Ajansı

Thousands of people have been freed from the notorious fraud centres along the Thailand-Myanmar border recently. The question is who will pay for their tickets home -- and whether Thailand will accept them.