It turns out those phone and text scams are largely run by trafficking victims working under appalling conditions.
Hundreds of foreign nationals pulled out of scam compounds in Myanmar during a crackdown on centres run by criminal gangs ...
Currently most of the international attention is on the Karen State scam centres run by the junta-aligned Karen ethnic armed ...
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of ...
An ongoing effort targeting scam compounds along Thailand's border with Myanmar has led to only a small proportion of workers ...
Some 260 workers from 19 countries have been released from human trafficking “scam compounds” in Myanmar, reports ...
Trapped in virtual slavery, many are lured to work in scam centers where they exploit people around the world through false ...
A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps ...
Whether it’s on the battlefield, in an international court, or protecting criminal syndicates and their human trafficking ...