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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.
Families of Malaysian scam centre victims call on Thailand to do more
Pressure to shut the centres operating along the Thai-Myanmar frontier, as well as release scam farm victims being held against their will, has been increasing.
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.
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, as part of a multinational effort to repatriate hundreds caught up in massive internet fraud schemes,
Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam center crackdown
In recent weeks, authorities from China, Thailand and Myanmar have attempted to dismantle scam centers and illegal online operations on the border
Thai, Cambodian Police Free 215 Foreigners in Scam Centre Raid
Thai and Cambodian police raided a building in a border town and freed 215 foreigners, a senior Thai official said on Sunday, in an expansion of a regional crackdown against cyber scam centres. Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centres and illegal online operations across Southeast Asia,
China to fly back 200 nationals rescued from Myanmar scam centres, Thai official says
China will fly home about 200 of its nationals found in scam-running compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, a Thai security official said on Tuesday, as part of a multinational effort to crack down on illegal online operations run from the region.
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,
215 foreigners including Thais rescued from Cambodian scam centre
Cambodian police have rescued 215 foreigners, 109 of them Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city following stepped-up collaboration to combat scam gangs between Thailand and Cambodia.The operation followed Friday's urgent meeting between Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot,
Scam Calls Hit Record in Thailand Before Cyber Fraud Crackdown
Thailand saw the number of scam calls and text messages more than double to a record 168 million in 2024 from a year earlier, ...
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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Thai, Cambodian police free 215 foreigners in scam center raid
Thai and Cambodian police raided a building in a border town and freed 215 foreigners, a senior Thai official said on Sunday, ...
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Thai, Cambodian Police Rescue 215 Trafficked Scam Workers
The raid in the Cambodian border town of Poipet follows the Thai crackdown on scamming operations along the Thailand-Myanmar ...
50 Pakistanis Rescued in Thai-Cambodian Raid on Cyber Scam Center
Authorities in Thailand and Cambodia have freed 50 Pakistanis along with other foreign nationals in a raid targeting a cyber ...
Over 200 saved from scam gang
Thai and Cambodian police have rescued 215 victims from a call centre scam gang in Poi Pet. Thai police sought assistance from their Cambodian counterparts to initiate the crack down on a call-centre ...