Myanmar scam operations

The region's digital boom has enabled the scourge of cyber-slavery. Only coordinated action from the region's government can bring it to an end.

The group were among 119 Thai nationals detained during a raid in the Cambodian border town of Poipet last week.

Thai officials say that scamming syndicates displaced by crackdowns in eastern Myanmar are relocating to the Thailand-Cambodia border area.

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The raid in the Cambodian border town of Poipet follows Bangkok's crackdown on scamming operations along the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Fraud syndicates have reportedly moved deeper into Myanmar in response to crackdowns.

Bangkok has taken a number of recent measures to clamp down on the cyberfraud operations in the border region.

Thai authorities say they are requesting arrest warrants for three leaders of an ethnic Karen militia believed to be harboring online scam syndicates.

Lao power, generators, and smuggled diesel continue to power the region's organized crime.

The Chinese leader also thanked visiting Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra for her government's actions against online scamming compounds in Myanmar.