This year, the three countries have cooperated in a harsh campaign against fraud in Myawaddy, capturing and repatriating more than 5,400 Chinese nationals engaged in fraud.

When she resisted, the supervisor threatened Alice with a stun gun and “said that if she did not comply, he would lock her up ...

A Chinese citizen was successfully rescued after being duped into traveling to Myanmar via Thailand with a fictitious job ...

Abused, exploited: How two Africans became trapped in a cyber-scam in Laos Southeast Asia’s multibillion-dollar online cyber-scam centres lure victims from as far as Africa with the promise of ...

Survivors have found themselves in crowded facilities without medical care; 7,000 people were freed last month after being trapped in locked compounds in Burma where they were forced to scam people.

Myanmar authorities have detained thousands of people rescued from forced cyber scam operations, leaving them stranded in overcrowded facilities near the Thai border as they await repatriation. A ...

A sign near military checkpoint warns in Thai, English and Chinese of the danger of being trafficked and forced to work in locked scam compounds across the Myanmar border, in Mae Sot, Thailand ...

They are just a small fraction of what could be 300,000 people working in similar operations across the region, and their release does not mean these scams will be stopped.

People from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia, believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam centers, sit with their faces masked while in detention after being released from the centers ...

The Associated Press is investigating cyber scams. If you or someone you know is being or has been held and forced to scam others, here are the ways to get in touch with us.