Why the Thailand-Myanmar border became a hub for fraud gangs preying on Chinese nationals
The recent kidnapping of a Chinese actor on the Thailand-Myanmar border has turned the spotlight on the international criminal gangs responsible for luring Chinese citizens abroad and forcing them to ...
China's support for Myanmar regime backfires; scam syndicates thrive
WASHINGTON - Reports of Chinese citizens trafficked into scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border are prompting renewed ...
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Myanmar, China, Thailand to Cooperate in Fighting Online Scammers
The Myanmar junta insists online scam operators are foreigners thriving on cross-border infrastructure, and neighboring ...
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Myanmar Junta’s No.2 Meets Thai Military as Chinese Pressure Rises on Border Scams
Regime pledges cooperation to stamp out trafficking and telecom fraud in Karen territory controlled by its Border Guard Force ...
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China’s support for Myanmar regime backfires; scam syndicates thrive
Recent high-profile abduction cases have sparked outrage among the Chinese public, including the reported luring of Chinese actor Wang Xing to Myawaddy, a Thai-Myanmar border town, by scammers ...
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Why the Thailand-Myanmar border became a hub for fraud gangs preying on Chinese nationals
He was then taken to the border town of Mae Sot, where he was abducted and taken into Myanmar and then imprisoned ... through the mountains of Vietnam and Laos as well areas such as the Golden ...
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Hong Kong, Thai officials in talks to combat Southeast Asian scam centres
The United Nations says border towns in Thailand, Laos and Myanmar have become regional hubs for telecom and other online fraud, with hundreds of thousands trafficked to work in scam centres there.