Scam centres that operated along the Thai-Myanmar border for years have drawn fresh attention after the high-profile ...
UN estimates hundreds of thousands of people are trapped inside the compounds after falling victim to online crypto and ...
An ongoing effort targeting scam compounds along Thailand's border with Myanmar has led to only a small proportion of workers ...
BANGKOK: Thailand's crackdown on call-centre scams has cut financial losses by 20%. The government is blocking power, ...
Thailand’s crackdown on call centre scams has cut financial losses by 20%, as power was cut to fraud hubs on the Myanmar border.
Some 260 workers from 19 countries have been released from human trafficking “scam compounds” in Myanmar, reports ...
Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand ...
Thailand saw the number of scam calls and text messages more than double to a record 168 million in 2024 from a year earlier, ...
A senior official with the Thai police, currently investigating Myanmar scam organizations, said some groups are now shifting from Myanmar to Cambodia and Laos due to crackdowns by law enforcement.
The crackdown is widening against scam centres responsible for carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia, ...
Thousands of human trafficking victims await repatriation in Myanmar, straining resources in neighboring Thailand.
(AP Photo/Chiravuth Rungjamratratsami) By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI, Associated Pess BANGKOK — Efforts to shut down online scam ...