Thailand - backed by China - is pushing to dismantle scam centres in Myanmar's Myawaddy area, part of a network of illicit and highly lucrative operations across Southeast Asia where hundreds of ...

Since February, more than 5,200 people have been extricated from scamming facilities in and around Myawaddy, according to Thai police citing Myanmar authorities.

Thailand – backed by China – is pushing to dismantle scam centres in Myanmar’s Myawaddy area, part of a network of illicit and highly lucrative operations across Southeast Asia where ...

Li Jie, a cousin of 21-year-old Liu Junjie who disappeared in Myawaddy on January 5, said she hoped authorities in China and Thailand would work together to save more victims.

Thailand requires any country repatriating its citizens from Myawaddy to send officials to the Thai-Myanmar border to facilitate the process, which includes disease screening and immigration checks.

Thai soldiers, rangers, police, ... Some 250 residents from Myanmar sought shelter as fighting between the junta and resistance forces intensified in Myawaddy on April 18.

Chinese believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers after they were rescued in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.

Thai officials told reporters on Thursday the rescued workers were being taken in batches of 50 across a bridge from Myanmar's Myawaddy to Thailand's Mae Sot, where they were processed ...

Satellite imagery captured by the European Space Agency in March 2019 and on March 4, 2025, shows rapid expansion in Shwe Kokko, one of Myawaddy's largest scam hubs.

But Wang considers himself one of the lucky few. On January 7, just days after he was reported missing in the Thai border ...

Since February, more than 5,200 people have been extricated from scamming facilities in and around Myawaddy, according to Thai police citing Myanmar authorities. Over 3,500 have been sent back to ...

Thailand - backed by China - is pushing to dismantle scam centres in Myanmar's Myawaddy area, part of a network of illicit and highly lucrative operations across Southeast Asia where hundreds of ...