Myanmar, Thailand and scam centers

How the Game Is Changing for Scam Centers on the Myanmar-Thai Border
The political will to crack down on scam centers is greater than ever, but don’t expect the Chinese syndicates to be quashed any time soon, security expert Jason Tower tells The Irrawaddy.
A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appear to gain momentum with a visit by a top Chinese official to the border zone ahead of expected large-scale repatriations of workers in the illicit industry.
Thailand receives hundreds of human trafficking victims held at Myanmar scam centers
Hundreds of human trafficking victims who were deceived and forced to work in Myanmar scam centers have been turned over to the Thai military, authorities said Thursday.
Myanmar Detains 270 Foreigners From Scam Compounds on Thai Border
Myanmar authorities detained 273 foreigners from scam compounds along the border with Thailand on Monday, as a senior Chinese official visited frontier towns on both sides in a widening crackdown on illegal online operations.
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.
The Hindu6d
Under revised free movement regime, 22 gates along Myanmar border functional, 10 on Manipur border
As many as 22 out of 43 crossing points along the Myanmar border under the revised Free Movement Regime (FMR) agreement have started functioning, said a senior government official on Thursday.
Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated
Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to ...
Indiatimes6d
7,000 Myanmar citizens entered India since December with border pass
when the terms for visa-free movement of tribes residing on either side of the Indo-Myanmar border, were reworked to enable their travel within 10 kms of the border with a ‘border pass’ to be ...
The Star6d
Myanmar Border Guard Force launches crackdown on human traffickers in Shwe Kokko
The operation will be using the Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge at Tak-Myawaddy border as a passage to the kingdom. The BGF move came after Thailand cut off electricity, internet and fuel supplies ...
Bangkok Post4d
Diesel shortage near Thai-Myanmar border as anti-smuggling efforts continue
TAK: People in Phop Phra district of Tak bordering Myawaddy are facing a shortage of diesel while security officials arrest Thais for smuggling fuel into Myanmar. Local people in the border ...
Anadolu Ajansi11d
Bangladesh detains 33 Rohingya for illegal border crossing
Bangladesh's border force has detained 33 Myanmar Rohingya, including women and children, on charges of infiltrating through the Alikadam border zone in the southeastern Bandarban district.