7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp - The New York Times
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 world.
Trapped in Myanmar’s cyber-scam mills | Crime News - Al Jazeera
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, planning to work in a...
Myanmar conflict: How online scam warlords have made China …
Dec 19, 2023 — Beijing has pressed Myanmar’s military government to rein in the scam operations with little success. Things started to change in late October, when an alliance of ethnic rebel groups launched...
39 foreigners flee Myanmar scam centre: Thai police
2 days ago — Thirty nine foreigners have fled an online scam centre in Myanmar across the border to Thailand, where officials are working to identify potential trafficking victims, police told AFP on Monday.
Hundreds of thousands forced to scam in SE Asia: UN - BBC
At least 120,000 people in Myanmar, and another 100,000 in Cambodia, have been forced into working these scams. Most victims are men from Asia, but some have come from further afield such as...
Trapped inside a Myanmar labour camp running online scams
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 scams.
Myanmar Scam Hubs Revive Fast After China Eases Pressure on …
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 U.S. should sanction crime boss Chit Thu and boost cooperation with Thailand to …
39 foreigners escape Myanmar online scam centre, cross into …
2 days ago — Thirty-nine foreigners have fled an online scam centre in Myanmar across the border to Thailand, where officials are working to identify potential trafficking victims, police said on Monday. Scam ...
Under siege in Myanmar’s cyber-scam capital - Al Jazeera
Jul 29, 2024 — In Myanmar, scamming spread like a “criminal cancer” after the coup, according to a 2023 report by USIP. It found that Chinese syndicates were working with the military to engage in “complex...
Myanmar hands over to China thousands of telecom fraud suspects
Nov 21, 2023 — Myanmar authorities have handed over 31,000 telecom fraud suspects to China since law enforcement officers from both countries launched a crackdown on online scams in September, Chinese...