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Over 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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El Pais

A Chinese victim enslaved by Internet scam mafias in Myanmar: “Many times I thought I wouldn’t get out”

The war in Myanmar produces monsters. After four years of civil conflict, its border areas with China and Thailand, where the spiral of violence continues, have become a mecca of mafias linked to online scams. For China it is a growing source of concern: tens of thousands of Chinese citizens have been lured into the area by deception, to finally be kidnapped and eventually exploited.

2 days ago·Spain

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The Straits Times

On a lawless border in South-east Asia, the global scam industry thrives

The online scam mills have used forced labour to bilk billions of dollars out of victims worldwide

2 days ago·Singapore

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ABC Australia

Duong dreamed of being a hairdresser. Instead he was caught in a nightmare

The promise of work led Duong to Thailand, but he was soon enslaved in a remote corner of war-torn Myanmar, forced to carry out online cryptocurrency "pig-butchering" scams. It is part of a growing global problem affecting thousands of Australians every year.

2 days ago·Australia

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American Military News

Over 6,000 arrested, rescued from tiger-trafficking operations in Myanmar

The Karen State Border Guard Force is carrying out a crackdown on people who are trapped and trafficked in the KK Park area of Shwe Kuk Kol, Myawaddy Township, Karen State. More than 6,000 to 7,000 people have been arrested, rescued, and detained, and the transfer of them is being delayed, Brigadier General Saw Tin Win, Commander of the 2nd Military Region, said. “The difficulties we are facing are many. Food, housing, water, electricity, health…

2 days ago

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VOA News

Thailand to repatriate thousands more Myanmar scam center workers

Workers left stranded in camps at the Thai-Myanmar border

2 days ago·United States

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Hong Kong Free Press

Thousands of Chinese nationals held in Myanmar scam centres to be repatriated, Thailand says

Thailand said Friday it had agreed with Myanmar and China to repatriate thousands of alleged scam centre workers stranded in camps at the Thai-Myanmar border, part of a crackdown on transnational crime.Alleged scam centre workers and victims sit on the ground during a crackdown operation by the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) on illicit activity at the KK Park complex in Myanmar’s eastern Myawaddy township on February 26, 2025. Photo: AFP.Some 5,…

3 days ago·Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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