Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the scam centers that bilked victims around the world out of billions of dollars.
Myanmar on Thursday handed over the first batch of hundreds of Chinese scam centre workers who are set to be repatriated through Thailand in the coming days.
A crackdown on Myanmar’s scam hubs has freed 10,000 workers, but concerns remain over the sustainability of the efforts against powerful crime syndicates.
Aid Alliance Committee in Samut Sakhon shuttered after a decade helping migrant workers suffering hardship and exploitation.
An ongoing effort targeting scam compounds along Thailand's border with Myanmar has led to only a small proportion of workers there being pulled out, a top Thai opposition lawmaker said, calling for more comprehensive measures to stomp out a booming illegal industry.
More than 7,000 people from across the world are being held in a Myanmar border town as they await a return home after being captured in online scam centers as part of an ongoing Thailand, Myanmar and China crackdown.
Thailand’s police on Wednesday arrested no fewer than 100 people for their alleged involvement in a scam centre in Cambodia, its first arrest of Thai nationals in a regional crackdown on massive fraud operations.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba proposed Wednesday that Japan take the lead in organizing an international conference to discuss measur
Thousands of people from dozens of countries held in Myanmar's border scam centers are awaiting repatriation — but is this really the end of the billion-dollar scam center operations?
Ranong Immigration Center, accused of aiding the Myanmar regime’s conscription drive, is fueling fresh criticism of Bangkok after its mass deportation of Uyghurs.
Thousands of human trafficking victims await repatriation in Myanmar, straining resources in neighboring Thailand.