Hundreds of Myanmar scam center victims handed over to Thai army
Royal Thai ArmyThis large group of trafficking victims were seen crossing a river from Myanmar to Thailand on Wednesday as part of a huge crackdown on scam centers operating along the porous border.They were handed over by Myanmar ethnic armed group,
Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated
Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar, Thailand's army announced Thursday. In a fresh crackdown on scam centers operating from Southeast Asia,
Thailand Receives 260 Victims of Human Trafficking From Myanmar, Army Says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on Thursday, in a massive repatriation that comes amid a mounting crackdown on scam centres operating along a porous border.
About 260 human trafficking victims rescued from telecom scam operations in Myanmar
About 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopian, have been transferred into Thailand after being found along the Myanmar border by a rebel group.
Thailand receives hundreds of human trafficking victims held at Myanmar scam centers
Hundreds of human trafficking victims who were deceived and forced to work in Myanmar scam centers have been turned over to the Thai military, authorities said Thursday.
Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centres
More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centres in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand. The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian nations,
Myanmar scam gangs free 261 people
The government is preparing for an influx of foreign victims released from the clutches of call-centre scam gangs in Myanmar after Thailand cut off power and internet, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesday.
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