Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed ...

An operation by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities led to the release of more than 7,000 people from locked compounds in ...

Hundreds of Indians were repatriated out of scam cities in Myanmar through Thailand this week following an intervention by ...

Taqdiril Alim Bakar's last words to his mother in January were, "Please find me if I cannot be contacted after this".

They had been rescued from Myanmar, where they were ensnared in a 21st-century scourge — online scam mills that have used forced labor to bilk tens of billions of dollars out of victims worldwide.

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and eyes.

believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam centers, sit with their faces masked while in detention after being released from the centers in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar ...

Following that rescue, a senior Chinese government official visited Thailand and Myanmar demanding an end to the scams. In response, Thailand cut electricity, internet and gas supplies to five ...

Illustrative image. Shutterstock Nearly 300 Indians flew home through Thailand on Monday after being released from scam centres in Myanmar, officials in the kingdom said, as part of efforts to ...

NEW DELHI: The second batch of 266 people were airlifted back to India after being rescued from scam call centres in ... that Indian Embassies worked with Myanmar & Thailand governments to secure ...

Thousands of people have been freed in recent weeks from the online scam centers operating near the Myanmar-Thai border. Most of them are stuck in limbo waiting to be flown home. https://p.dw.com ...

WASHINGTON — A sweeping crackdown led by authorities from Thailand, China and Myanmar has dismantled scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border and freed thousands from nearly 30 countries, but ...