US EditionOver 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown
- Approximately 220,000 people, many from Southeast Asia, have been trafficked into scam operations across Cambodia, Myanmar and the Philippines.
- Over 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown involving Thailand, Myanmar and China.
- Southeast Asian governments must adopt more proactive measures to identify and assist scam victims, pressuring social media platforms for stricter verification and launching public awareness campaigns on overseas job scams.
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Dagens Nyheter.
hbl.fiMAE 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.
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.
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