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

His captors shaved his head and reportedly started training him to scam Chinese people while working in a call centre. He was rescued and returned to Thailand four days later following a social media ...

Thailand said Friday it had agreed with Myanmar and China to repatriate thousands of alleged scam center workers stranded in camps at the Thai-Myanmar border, part of a crackdown on transnational ...

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar were set to return home Friday as the repatriation of thousands of such workers after a crackdown strains ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar arrived in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, late Friday, part of a massive repatriation movement that is ...

Online scamming has reached global proportions, with an estimated 200,000 people forced to execute lucrative scams in Myanmar and Cambodia alone. This week's show delves into a criminal activity ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over ... Many were trafficked to Myanmar through Mae Sot, now a center of mass repatriation efforts. On the road to Mae ...

Eighty-four Indonesians freed rom scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday, part of an ongoing large scale repatriation effort following a crackdown ...

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to ... Many were trafficked to Myanmar through Mae Sot, now a center of mass repatriation efforts. On the road to Mae ...

But many of them are now stranded in Myanmar ... the many scam compounds which have sprung up in its territory. You can see them easily as you drive along the Moei River which divides the two ...

Myanmar has detained over 7,000 foreign victims of a local scam center, with no timetable to release them. Those awaiting repatriation include 25 Taiwanese citizens.