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.

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar’s borderlands and are staffed by foreigners. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Myanmar’s military government said it is ready to hand over about 1,000 foreign nationals rescued from cyber scam centres near the Thai border, as authorities vowed to intensify a crackdown against transnational criminal groups.

A Chinese government minister met more than 1,000 alleged scam centre workers on the Thailand-Myanmar border on Monday (, Thai media said, as the three countries vowed to crack down on the illicit compounds.

YANGON - The Myanmar authorities detained 273 foreigners from scam compounds along the border with Thailand on Feb 17, as a senior Chinese official visited frontier towns on both sides in a widening crackdown on illegal online operations.

A recent survey reveals a surge of support among Thai nationals for cutting utilities in Myanmar as a bold move to thwart call centre scams. With fingers pointing at possible collusion within Thai ranks, the government’s crackdown strategy is taking centre stage.

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,

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 illi