Myanmar, Thailand and scam

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,
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.
Myanmar returns 300 more Chinese scam centre workers
Myanmar handed over 300 Chinese scam centre workers to be repatriated through Thailand on Friday, as authorities intensify a crackdown on the illegal 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.
Chinese-Thai couple held for B91m scam
A Chinese woman and her Thai girlfriend have been arrested at a housing estate in Bang Phli district in connection with romance-investment scams that tricked victims out of 91 million baht.Zhou Zhou,
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.
Thai government pledges crackdown on call centre scams with regional cooperation
Recognising the growing threat of transnational call centre scams, the Thai government is intensifying its collaboration with ...
Police Free 215 Foreign Nationals From Scam Center in Cambodia
Police rescued 215 foreign nationals in a raid on an online scam center in northwestern Cambodia, Thai authorities said, in ...
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 ...
Laos, Thailand vow joint effort to broaden economic ties, combat call centre scams and drug trade
BANGKOK: The heads of government of Laos and Thailand have agreed to work together to boost trade and investment, improve rail links and logistics systems, and tackle fraudulent call centre operators ...