Jul 22, 2023 · Around 25km upriver lies what experts believe to be ground zero of the Myanmar scam trade: Shwe Kokko, a small city of casinos, hotels, KTV rooms and scam compounds. …

Dec 17, 2023 · From bases in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, the gangs coerce their captives into carrying out complicated online scams that prey on the lonely and vulnerable around the …

Dec 19, 2023 · As of late November, authorities in Myanmar had handed over 31,000 suspects to China since authorities from both countries launched a crackdown on online scams in …

Apr 20, 2024 · Instead, the 24-year-old Sri Lankan found himself trapped in the Myanmar jungle, being tortured for refusing to help trick lonely, rich men out of thousands in so-called romance …

Jan 27, 2025 · BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks near the borders of Myanmar and Thailand, …

Sep 26, 2024 · Myanmar’s crime groups, protected by a pro-military warlord, are expanding amid China’s support for the junta. Internet scams threaten U.S. and others’ national interests. The …

May 31, 2024 · Organized crime groups in Southeast Asia have seized on Myanmar’s instability amid civil war to establish a string of scam centers engaged in global online fraud operations.

4 days ago · New scam rooms are cropping up to the south, including along Myanmar’s border with Thailand’s Kachanburi province — Rangsiman pointed to the border along Thailand’s …

Jan 30, 2024 · The UN estimates that more than 100,000 people are being forced to work in scam centers in Myanmar. DW's investigative unit met with several survivors of the compound.

Jul 29, 2024 · In October of 2021, La Awng travelled from his native Kachin State in Myanmar to Laukkai, the capital of the country’s autonomous Kokang region near the border with China, …