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Southeast Asia: Workers are lured into slavery in online scam centres; victims say they were beaten, electrocuted, & sold to other 'fraud factories'
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Philippines: Three human traffickers charged after returning from Cambodia; recruited victims allegedly forced to work in scam compounds in Myanmar
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Philippines: Commission on Human Rights concerns over rise of Filipinos recruited and trafficked to work in cyber scam compounds via online messaging platforms
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Malaysia: Police to investigate former deputy minister's role in Myanmar's Dongmei Park criminal activities after Justice For Myanmar's exposé
Malaysian police are investigating former deputy minister Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim and her husband for alleged involvement in Dongmei Park, a Myanmar-based cyber scam and forced labor hub, following a Justice For Myanmar report that exposed links between prominent Malaysians and organized crime activities in the controversial industrial park.
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Myanmar: Post-coup economic turmoil drives youth into Chinese-run cyber scams
In post-coup Myanmar, Chinese criminal syndicates are exploiting the economic crisis to lure desperate youth into online fraud schemes through deceptive job advertisements, forcing trafficked workers to scam victims worldwide from high-rise compounds in Laukkai.
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Myanmar: Joint police operation with China arrests over 800 suspected cross-border scammers, including 352 Chinese nationals
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Southeast Asia: China to step up security cooperation with Mekong countries to tackle cyber scams admid Myanmar unrest
China and its five Southeast Asian neighbours along the Lancang-Mekong River have agreed to focus on security cooperation to combat cross-border crime in the region, especially cyber fraud and gambling.
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Myanmar: Questions remain about the reach and effectiveness of China's intensified crackdown on cyberscams
China intensifies its crackdown on cyberscams in Myanmar, targeting 31,000 suspects, including 63 scam leaders. Despite efforts, questions remain about the crackdown's reach and effectiveness in the conflict-ridden region.
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Laos arrests & deports 462 Chinese nationals for crimes including human trafficking related to Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone operations
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Laos: Assembly rejects special economic zones bill for failure to specify how zone will be supervised
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Myanmar: NGO report exposes trafficking, enslavement and torture of youth by Chinese criminal gangs in Shan State since 2021 coup
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Indonesia: 88 Chinese nationals arrested for involvement in a cross-border telephone and online romance scam
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Myanmar: Investigation unveils Chinese-run telecom fraud industry in Golden Triangle region
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Southeast Asia: OHCHR's report reveals hundreds of thousands of victims held in online scam operations in Southeast Asia with Cambodia & Myanmar as main hubs
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Myanmar: Chinese-run scam hubs reportedly continue running unabated with signs of human trafficking and forced labour
From Shwe Kokko to KK Park, a slew of brutal criminal enterprises now dot the Moei River that forms Myanmar’s border with Thailand
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Myanmar: Thailand cuts power supply to Lay Kay Kaw and Shwe Kokko as China urges military junta to step up efforts to combat scam operations
The military’s move to cut off power to Shwe Kokko, a center of scam operations and online gambling, follows pressure from high-ranking Chinese officials.
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Cambodia: Govt. rescue 75 foreign victims of human trafficking in Oddar Meanchey province in ongoing efforts to combat surging online scams and human trafficking
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Cambodia: Govt. step up raid operations to rescue victims of online scams and human trafficking following international pressure
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Cambodia: Amid international pressure on human trafficking and scams, Ministry of Labour's official reminds employers of illegal confinement of employees
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Cambodia: Victims from Southeast Asian countries are forced to work as scammers in Cambodia; victims work long hours without pays and freedom of movement
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Cambodia: Vietnamese and Cambodian authorities rescue and repatriate over 1,000 Vietnamese victims of forced labour and online scams in Cambodia
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Cambodia: Malaysian and Cambodian authorities rescue and repatriate 261 Malaysian victims of job scams from Cambodia & vow further cooperation to combat scamming syndicates
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Cambodia: Prime Minister calls for effective cooperations between States and NGOs stakeholders as human trafficking is a global issue
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Malaysia PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob vows action to tackle overseas job scams as more victims emerge
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Cambodia scams: Lured and trapped into slavery in South East Asia
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Cambodia: 15 Thais arrested for cyber fraud as police step up fight against trafficking syndicates
Foreign nationals are being trafficked to Cambodia through online scams, and some are subject to torture and even death. Survivors and human rights experts are calling for law enforcement to take action.
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Indonesia & Cambodia crack down job scams for fraudulent investment companies or gambling websites
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Cambodia: 26 Vietnamese victims of human trafficking in online scams are rescued and repatriated to Vietnam after a video showing workers running out of a workplace goes viral
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Southeast Asia: Human trafficking syndicates target college graduates to work for phone scam operations
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Cambodia: 42 Vietnamese victims of forced labour flee workplace casino in Cambodia; one is reported to be drown to death while swimming across a lake
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Southeast Asia: Special Economic Zones in Mekong region become hub for scam operations and human trafficking as organised crime groups grow
Special Economic Zones and self-governing statelets across the Mekong region have become conduits for human trafficking on a massive scale
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Cambodia: Indonesian Govt. claim that 53 Indonesian victims of online scams being held in Sihanoukville's casino