Myanmar, Thailand and scam

A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security official visited both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border.
Chinese extricated from Myanmar scam centres fly home from Thailand
A group of 200 Chinese nationals plucked from scam centres in Myanmar crossed into Thailand and were flown home on Thursday, as part of a multinational effort to repatriate hundreds caught up in massive internet fraud schemes,
Hundreds of Chinese airlifted home after crackdown on Myanmar scam centres
Thailand is facilitating the transfer of thousands of people rescued from scam centres on the border of Myanmar.
Myanmar returns 300 more Chinese scam centre workers
Myanmar handed over 300 Chinese scam centre workers to be repatriated through Thailand on Friday, as authorities intensify a crackdown on the illegal operations. Myanmar's junta said in a statement that a second group of 300 Chinese nationals was handed over on Friday via the Thailand-Myanmar Friendship Bridge 2 at the Thai border town of Mae Sot.
China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China.
Myanmar Frees 1,000 Scam Center Workers as Crackdown Widens
Myanmar’s military government said it is ready to hand over about 1,000 foreign nationals rescued from cyber scam centers near the Thai border as authorities vowed to intensify a crackdown against transnational criminal groups.
200 Chinese nationals rescued from scam centres in Myanmar arrive home
Two hundred Chinese nationals, who were removed from scam centres in Myanmar, have returned home. They are part of a group of at least 800, who are suspected of participating in fraud while working in the centres.
Chinese found in Myanmar scam centers fly home from Thailand
Chinese nationals found in scam centers in Myanmar crossed into Thailand for a second day on Friday (February 21) and were flown home, part of a multinational effort to repatriate hundreds of people caught up in massive internet fraud schemes.
Chinese-Thai couple held for B91m scam
A Chinese woman and her Thai girlfriend have been arrested at a housing estate in Bang Phli district in connection with romance-investment scams that tricked victims out of 91 million baht.Zhou Zhou,
Thailand ready to welcome 7,000 trafficked scam call center victims back from Myanmar
It comes amid a major crackdown on the abusive industry that started during COVID Thailand is preparing to receive thousands of people rescued from scam call centers in Myanmar as the country launches a major crackdown on the pervasive criminal activity across its border.
Myanmar returns more than 100 Chinese scam centre workers on Saturday (Feb 22)
Myanmar handed over more than 100 Chinese scam centre workers to be repatriated through Thailand on Saturday, the third batch ...
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Myanmar deports 100 scam center workers
Myanmar handed over more than 100 Chinese scam center workers to be repatriated through Thailand on Saturday, the third batch ...
Myanmar scam center escapees recall torture and coercion
Inside a Thai military camp, several men on Wednesday (February 19) showed the bruises and scars on their bodies they said ...
260 foreigners rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar’s online scam centers are being repatriated
Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to ...
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Myanmar Scam Centre Survivors Recall Torture and Coercion
Yotor and his countrymen are among 260 people, most of them human-trafficking victims, who were sent from Myanmar to Thailand last week as a multinational crackdown on scam centres along the ...