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UK launches sanctions to deter migrant crossings
AFP, Published on 23/07/2025
» LONDON - The United Kingdom imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers from the Balkans, the Middle East and China accused of helping migrants cross the Channel.
Chinese police investigating 5 missing teens issue further warnings about telecoms crime
Published on 18/07/2025
» Chinese police are investigating at least five cases of missing teenagers believed to have been caught up in scam centres, including some who have lost contact with their families after travelling to Myanmar.
Chinese anti-scam team arrives in Myawaddy
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 07/07/2025
» TAK - A team from China's Criminal Investigation Bureau has arrived in Myanmar's Myawaddy border township to discuss help for Chinese victims of the scam centres that continue to operate there, a reliable source said on Monday.
Cybercrime moves up the agenda
News, Published on 28/06/2025
» There has been no shortage of commentators ready to hail the decision of former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen to leak his recent conversation with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra as a diplomatic "masterstroke".
Amnesty: Cambodia enabling ‘brutal’ scam industry
Published on 26/06/2025
» The human rights group Amnesty International has accused Cambodia’s government of “deliberately ignoring” abuses by cybercrime gangs that have trafficked people from across the world, including children, into slavery at brutal scam compounds.
Many foreigners rescued from Myanmar scam centres still stranded
Published on 24/06/2025
» More than 200 foreign nationals rescued from scam centres in eastern Myanmar remain stranded along the war-torn country’s border with Thailand, according to a local rebel group overseeing their repatriation.
SE Asia trafficked cyber victims freed but far from home
Published on 30/05/2025
» Most of Jaruwat Jinnmonca’s anti-trafficking work used to focus on helping victims swept into prostitution.
Man held in Bangkok accused of laundering over B300m
Published on 29/05/2025
» A 28-year-old man accused of laundering more than 300 million baht in cryptocurrency for call centre scam gangs and illegal gambling networks has been arrested in Chatuchak district of Bangkok.
Man arrested for setting up scam mule accounts in Korat
News, Online Reporters, Published on 26/05/2025
» A suspect has been arrested at a hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima on charges of setting up mule bank accounts for scammers based in the Cambodian border township of Poipet.
Thais, Chinese arrested in raid on scam gang
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/05/2025
» Police arrested 18 Thais and 13 Chinese nationals in Chon Buri, Rayong and Samut Prakan provinces, allegedly for forming a scam gang and assaulting the holders of their mule bank accounts.