Myanmar, Thailand and scam

260 foreigners rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers are being repatriated
Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar, Thailand's army announced Thursday. In a fresh crackdown on scam centers operating from Southeast Asia,
Hundreds of Myanmar scam center victims handed over to Thai army
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on Thursday, in a massive repatriation that comes amid a mounting crackdown on scam centers operating along a porous border. Sean Hogan has more.
Thailand cracks down on Myanmar scam centers, hundreds rescued from trafficking gangs
More than 250 people rescued from so-called scam centres in Myanmar have been handed over to authorities in Thailand.
Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand. They were received by the Thai army,
Over 250 people held at Myanmar scam centre released at Thai border
More than 250 people rescued from online scam centres in Myanmar were handed over to Thailand on Wednesday, a senior Thai army official said, following a series of crackdowns on the illegal operations.
Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on ...
39 kg of ketamine, 18 kg of ice seized in eastern Myanmar
YANGON: Myanmar police have seized 39 kg of ketamine, 18 kg of ice and other drugs in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Friday (Feb 14).
Thailand receives hundreds of human trafficking victims held at Myanmar scam centers
Hundreds of human trafficking victims who were deceived and forced to work in Myanmar scam centers have been turned over to ...
Myanmar bids to put traditional thanakha face powder on UN heritage list to boost cultural profile
While supporters and opponents of Myanmar’s military government are engaged in a bloody civil war, both sides can celebrate ...
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Myanmar junta pauses Thai labor program
Myanmar’s military junta has temporarily halted a key labor agreement that allows its citizens to work in Thailand, ...
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Myanmar migrants forced to join junta forces after deportation from Thailand
The junta’s forced conscription – after being repatriated – of potentially thousands of young men could constitute a war ...
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Thai Army Repatriates Around 260 Scam Victims From Eastern Myanmar
Bangkok has taken a number of recent measures to clamp down on the cyberfraud operations in the border region.
Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, army says
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on ...
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Homes near HQ in Naypyitaw evacuated, demolished as Myanmar military expropriates civilian property
Families have been evicted from around 50 homes in a village older than the junta’s administrative capital—founded in ...