Myanmar, Thailand and scam centers

Thousands freed from Myanmar scam centers face slow repatriation process
A sweeping crackdown led by authorities from Thailand, China and Myanmar has dismantled scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border and freed thousands from nearly 30 countries, but helping them return home remains a big challenge,
Thousands in Limbo on Thai-Myanmar Border After Scam Centre Crackdown
Ethiopian citizens, who were trafficked into working at scam centres in Myanmar and were sent to Thailand on February 12 amid a mounting crackdown on scam centres operating along a porous border, wait for their embassies to pick them up at a shelter inside the 310th Military District (Fort Wachiraprakan),
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 block their entry until their home countries agreed to repatriate them.
Hundreds of workers detained and repatriated from scam compounds on Thai border
Hundreds of workers were detained and repatriated from scam compounds in Myanmar. The alleged scammers were caught during raids of suspected call centre gang offices in the Myawaddy Township, on February 18.
50 Pakistanis among 215 rescued in Thai-Cambodian raid on cyber scam centre
Thai and Cambodian authorities have rescued 215 foreign nationals in a major raid on a suspected cyber scam centre in the Cambodian border town of Poipet, a senior Thai official said on Sunday.The operation,
10 Japanese nationals possibly fled from Myanmar scam center in raid
Some 10 Japanese nationals may be among the many foreigners who fled from a scam-operating center in eastern Myanmar duri ...
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'Work Paused On IMTT Highway Project Due To Myanmar Situation', Says Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral (IMTT) Highway, a ...
Chinese extricated from Myanmar scam centres fly home from Thailand
A group of 200 Chinese nationals plucked from scam centres in Myanmar crossed into Thailand and were flown home on Thursday, ...
Call-centre scam crackdown: Thai minister warns nearly 7,000 foreigners could flee Myanmar into Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai urges foreign governments to repatriate nearly 7,000 ...
Completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand highway will be a game changer: Jaishankar
The 1,400-km-long highway is nearly 70% completed, but the rest of the work has been affected at several places due to ...
Thai PM says 7,000 people rescued from Myanmar call centres to be handed over to Thailand
Some 7,000 people rescued from illegal call centre operations in Myanmar were waiting be transferred to Thailand, Prime ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Getting ready for tomorrow’s Myanmar
As Myanmar's military regime loses territory and economic control, ethnic armies strengthen their grip on resources and ...
China begins repatriation from Thailand of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday ...
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Thailand rescues Japanese boy, 16, from fraud ring in Myanmar
MAE SOT, Thailand--Local police took a 16-year-old Japanese youth into protective custody who they believe was forced to work for a fraud ring operating across the border in Myanmar, a senior ...
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Thailand’s Cooperation With China on Cross-border Crime Comes at a Cost
During Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, one of the ...