fromFast Company4 months agoRemote teamsScam work centers along Thai border still have up to 100,000 people, despite multinational crackdown
World newsfromFast Company5 months ago84 Indonesians lured into 'virtual slavery' have been freed from scam centers in MyanmarEighty-four Indonesians were repatriated from scam centers in Myanmar as part of broader crackdowns on human trafficking.
fromwww.npr.org5 months agoUS newsOver 7,000 from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after crackdownOver 7,000 people are stranded at the Thailand-Myanmar border due to a crackdown on online scam centers, leading to a humanitarian crisis.
fromwww.aljazeera.com5 months agoUK newsHundreds of Chinese airlifted home after crackdown on Myanmar scam centresThailand, China, and Myanmar collaborate to rescue thousands from scam centers.Victims often lured by false job promises before being trafficked.UN estimates 120,000 potentially trapped in Myanmar's scam operations.
fromFast Company4 months agoRemote teamsScam work centers along Thai border still have up to 100,000 people, despite multinational crackdown
World newsfromFast Company5 months ago84 Indonesians lured into 'virtual slavery' have been freed from scam centers in MyanmarEighty-four Indonesians were repatriated from scam centers in Myanmar as part of broader crackdowns on human trafficking.
fromwww.npr.org5 months agoUS newsOver 7,000 from scam centers in Myanmar are awaiting repatriation after crackdown
UK newsfromwww.aljazeera.com5 months agoHundreds of Chinese airlifted home after crackdown on Myanmar scam centresThailand, China, and Myanmar collaborate to rescue thousands from scam centers.Victims often lured by false job promises before being trafficked.UN estimates 120,000 potentially trapped in Myanmar's scam operations.
Travelfromwww.nytimes.com5 months agoOn a Lawless Tropical Border, the Global Scam Industry ThrivesThe cross-border scam operations exploit Myanmar's civil unrest, using forced labor to run fraudulent schemes despite rescue efforts by Chinese and Thai authorities.
US newsfromwww.npr.org5 months agoChina repatriates more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from MyanmarOver 1,000 Chinese nationals rescued from Myanmar scam centers are being airlifted back to China amid an international repatriation effort.