4 days ago · Around them, the Myanmar military and a hotch-potch of rebel armies and warlords are fighting for control of Karen State. The scams have grown into a multi-billion dollar business.

4 days ago · China previously worked with authorities in Myanmar to crack down on scam centers in northern Shan state, near the Chinese border. In 2023, as ethnic rebel groups gained …

Jul 22, 2023 · Around 25km upriver lies what experts believe to be ground zero of the Myanmar scam trade: Shwe Kokko, a small city of casinos, hotels, KTV rooms and scam compounds. …

5 days ago · BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand on Wednesday cut off power supplies to areas in Myanmar where scam networks operate, following a public outcry demanding government …

Feb 1, 2025 · New scam rooms are cropping up to the south, including along Myanmar’s border with Thailand’s Kachanburi province — Rangsiman pointed to the border along Thailand’s …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jan 30, 2024 · The UN estimates that more than 100,000 people are being forced to work in scam centers in Myanmar. DW's investigative unit met with several survivors of the compound.

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, …