All news on the topic: Myanmar

The head of the anti-trafficking agency reports that numerous Chinese criminal gangs were operating the centers.

Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos have become safe havens for criminal syndicates conducting online scam operations and deceiving thousands into forced labor.

The tall, shiny buildings which rise out of the cornfields on the Myanmar side of the Moei river are a sight so jarring you find yourself blinking to be sure you haven’t imagined it.

Myanmar claims it has deported over 50,000 Chinese scammers tied to scam factories since October 2023.

US authorities charged Takeshi Ebisawa with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons.

An abandoned Myanmar military camp sits atop a wooded hill, overlooking a picturesque lake which is well known in these parts because of its unique heart-like shape.

A militia group allied with Myanmar’s military rulers is at the center of a network of illegal casinos and cyber-scam compounds, which use trafficked people to contact victims online and extort money from them, an activist group said in a report published today.

Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian slaughter in Gaza’