Cyber slavery rings are growing across the region, trapping young jobseekers in brutal scam compounds — and fueling a global ...

Miller told DW that as of Monday, the vast majority of 7,000 people awaiting repatriation are still in Myanmar, either in military-controlled camps or still in scam compounds.

The third defining feature is a riverside setting. Boat landings adjoin the complexes, facilitating movement to and from ...

This type of scam began attracting attention in China around 2019 and is typically carried out by Chinese organized crime ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — 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 awaiting repatriation, and those helping them say the ...

Speaking from a dormitory-style building, the scam center worker pleaded for help, saying foreign citizens were “trapped” in a compound in Myanmar, “beaten,” and forced to work without pay.

A group of more than 270 some men and women, who were rescued from forced labor in scam compounds months earlier but remain in detention in Myanmar, attempted a mass escape Sunday from a guarded ...

About 215 Vietnamese workers remain stranded in a squalid Thai border camp after being rescued from Myanmar scam centers still await repatriation due to their inability to afford passage home, says a ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — 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 awaiting repatriation, and those helping them ...

Over 100 remain in Thailand awaiting repatriation, Thai officials said. Many were trafficked to Myanmar through Mae Sot, now a center of mass repatriation efforts.

MAE SOT, Thailand — 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 awaiting repatriation, and those helping them ...