Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home

84 Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers in Myanmar are set to return home Friday as the repatriation effort for such workers strains regional resources.
Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam centre crackdown
Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday.
'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes
Over 7,000 workers from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after a regional crackdown
A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation, and those helping them say the unprecedented number is straining the resources of Thailand just across the border and leading to delays.
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.
Mass Crackdowns See Thousands of Scam Center Workers Waiting in Myanmar for Repatriation
A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation
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.
Some foreigners pulled out of Myanmar scam centres face struggle to get home
Hundreds of foreign nationals pulled out of scam compounds in Myanmar during a crackdown on centres run by criminal gangs ...
'I need help': Freed from Myanmar's scam centres, thousands are now stranded
They are among the thousands of people who have been freed from the notorious scam compounds that have thrived on the border ...
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Stranded in Squalor: The Plight of Trafficked Foreign Nationals in Myanmar
Hundreds of foreign nationals remain stranded in deteriorating conditions at a militia camp in Myanmar after being rescued ...
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Myanmar Junta Boss Has Well Documented Ties to Cyber Scam Kingpins
Scam center bosses in Shan and Karen states owe their fortunes to Min Aung Hlaing; he tried to protect many of them until China demanded he hand them over.
84 Indonesians taken out of scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
Eighty-four Indonesians freed rom scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday, ...
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Thai govt worries about influx of freed scam centre foreigners
Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has expressed concern about a possible flood of foreigners released from shuttered scam centres in Myawaddy.He said on Tuesday the government would try to ...
Trapped with fake job offers, Telangana victims reveal Myanmar horror
Indian nationals were deceived with false job offers in Myanmar and forced into scamming US-based NRIs using various fraud ...