China has repatriated nearly 3,000 telecoms fraud suspects from Myanmar since launching a joint crackdown with Myanmar and Thailand earlier this year, according to the top Chinese police authority.

Alleged scam centre workers and victims arrive at a border checkpoint with Thailand in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township on ...

In a crackdown on online scams, 266 Indians and 25 Malaysians involved in telecom fraud were handed over to their countries ...

An operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in ...

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with journalist Jan Camenzind Broomby about the thousands of people who are stuck in limbo after being caught in online scam centers in Myanmar but who can't return home.

As such, China has also taken an important role in cracking down on scam centres in Myanmar. Online scams are also a domestic problem for Beijing. In January, a Chinese actor went missing after ...

But when the workers arrive the scammers hold them hostage, forcing them to commit fraud online. Under pressure from key ally China, Myanmar has cracked down on some of the compounds, freeing ...

He is suffering from panic attacks, after working for a year in a scam centre where he was routinely ... the target for defrauding people online set by his Chinese bosses. "It was the worst ...

The Ethiopian, who calls himself Mike, said he is being held with 450 others in a building inside Myanmar, along the country's border with Thailand. They are among the thousands of people who have ...

A new crackdown on online scam ... to several areas in Myanmar hosting scam centres along the border, citing national security. Officials from Thailand, Myanmar and China are expected to meet ...

Despite reports of more people being freed, thousands remain at risk in compounds in Myanmar or even on the Thai border if their governments do not act. Analysts note that some Chinese citizens ...