One of those locations was in the town of Myawaddy, on the banks of a river that divides Thailand from Myanmar, and close to some of the largest scam compounds that NGOs say house thousands of ...

Thatchai said the crackdown so far has only affected a fraction of the vast operations in Myawaddy, which lies across a narrow river from the Thai town of Mae Sot. "It could be up to 50,000 or ...

Burmese warplanes accidentally killed 30 of their own soldiers in a botched air strike in Myanmar. Two fighter jets dropped ...

Since last year, Buakam and 18 of her compatriots have tried to send information to her government and the Thai government to rescue them from the call centre office by the Moei River, Myawaddy ...

It all seemed very credible." Zhang was then taken to the border between Thailand and Myanmar, crossing the river into Myawaddy, Myanmar. "At the time, I had no idea that river was the border.

TAK: People in Phop Phra district of Tak bordering Myawaddy are facing a shortage ... Ban Muen Ruechai village in Phop Phra into the Moei River which borders Myawaddy. The barrels contained ...

Scam gangs have also been using Thailand as a trafficking route, with the Thai border town of Mae Sot across the Moei River from Myawaddy becoming a key trafficking point for victims to be taken ...

While Myawaddy has faced persistent power blackouts ... who pose for photos at the “China View” café across the river. Behind the glitz, however, Shwe Kokko is a hub of misery, the UN says ...

These operations are centered in Myawaddy, a region on Myanmar's border with Thailand that has become a hotspot for organized internet fraud networks. These scams are not only run by Burmese ...