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Southeast Asia's latest scam center crackdown, explained

Southeast Asia's latest scam center crackdown, explained

China, Thailand and Myanmar last week ramped up efforts to curb cyber scam compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, working to free the foreign workers inside.
'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam center workers plead to go home

'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam center workers plead to go home

Thai, Cambodian police free 215 foreigners in scam center raid

Thai, Cambodian police free 215 foreigners in scam center raid

Mexico rescues 11 Vietnamese kidnapped near US border

Mexico rescues 11 Vietnamese kidnapped near US border

Mexican police have rescued 49 migrants, including 11 Vietnamese, who had been kidnapped by a human trafficking gang in Chihuahua state, near the U.S. border.
February 18, 2025 | 07:58 pm PT
Hong Kong woman rescued from call center gang in Myanmar

Hong Kong woman rescued from call center gang in Myanmar

A 31-year-old Hong Kong woman has been rescued from a call center gang in Myanmar late last week, according to Thai authorities.
February 4, 2025 | 03:00 pm PT
Thailand launches police app to safeguard tourists after Chinese actor Wang Xing kidnapped

Thailand launches police app to safeguard tourists after Chinese actor Wang Xing kidnapped

Thailand has launched the "Thailand Tourist Police" app for tourists to report incidents and seek assistance via messages, photos and location data.
January 26, 2025 | 04:05 pm PT
Vietnamese, Lao police bust human trafficking, forced prostitution ring

Vietnamese, Lao police bust human trafficking, forced prostitution ring

Vietnamese and Lao police have put two Chinese and four Vietnamese people under investigation for their potential involvement with a human trafficking ring that forces women into prostitution.
December 12, 2024 | 06:29 pm PT
Temporary marriages in Indonesia spark outrage as rural women become $500 brides for foreign tourists

Temporary marriages in Indonesia spark outrage as rural women become $500 brides for foreign tourists

Poor young women in rural areas are becoming temporary wives to foreign male visitors, receiving a bride price in return, leading to online outrage.
October 4, 2024 | 03:53 pm PT
Man jailed for selling girlfriend abroad for money

Man jailed for selling girlfriend abroad for money

A court in central Vietnam has sentenced a man to 8 years in prison for selling his teenage girlfriend and her friend abroad for VND180 million (US$7,200).
August 19, 2024 | 11:12 pm PT
Vietnamese man escapes from Golden Triangle scam gang, spends days on Mekong River

Vietnamese man escapes from Golden Triangle scam gang, spends days on Mekong River

A Vietnamese man recently made a daring escape from a notorious scam operation in the Golden Triangle, enduring a harrowing seven-day journey through treacherous conditions to return home.
August 14, 2024 | 10:49 pm PT
Teenage girls sell minors to karaoke bars

Teenage girls sell minors to karaoke bars

Five females aged 15-19 have been taken into custody for selling two 12-year-old girls to karaoke bars in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
August 13, 2024 | 03:30 am PT
Eight die from suffocation in refrigerated truck in China

Eight die from suffocation in refrigerated truck in China

Eight people died after suffocating in a refrigerated truck in central China's Henan province, investigators said.
June 16, 2024 | 08:01 pm PT
Man arrested for smuggling 19 people to Taiwan by fishing boat

Man arrested for smuggling 19 people to Taiwan by fishing boat

Police in the central Quang Tri Province have arrested a local man for illegally taking 19 Vietnamese to Taiwan by disguising them as fishermen.
May 5, 2024 | 09:26 pm PT
Southeast Asia human trafficking grows into $3-trillion global network: Interpol

Southeast Asia human trafficking grows into $3-trillion global network: Interpol

Organized crime rings who fueled an "explosion" of human trafficking and cyber scam centers during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to $3 trillion a year, the head of Interpol said on Wednesday.
March 28, 2024 | 06:58 pm PT
Karaoke waitress trafficked for refusing to drink with customer

Karaoke waitress trafficked for refusing to drink with customer

Four people in the Central Highlands' Dak Lak Province were arrested for trafficking a karaoke parlor waitress after she refused to drink beer with customers.
March 19, 2024 | 03:27 pm PT
Woman wanted for trafficking five people from Myanmar to Laos

Woman wanted for trafficking five people from Myanmar to Laos

Police in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are looking for a local woman who tricked and trafficked five people from Myanmar to Laos and sold them to an online human trafficking ring.
January 22, 2024 | 03:34 pm PT
Police stop woman from selling sister to China in nick of time

Police stop woman from selling sister to China in nick of time

A woman in central Vietnam has been imprisoned for tricking her parents into selling her 13-year-old sister so that a Chinese man could marry her.
January 16, 2024 | 12:05 am PT
Ireland opens trafficking inquiry after 14 migrants including Vietnamese found in container

Ireland opens trafficking inquiry after 14 migrants including Vietnamese found in container

Irish police said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into human trafficking after 14 migrants were found inside a refrigerated shipping container in the southeastern port of Rosslare.
January 10, 2024 | 07:42 pm PT
Man poses as rescuer, extorts thousands of dollars from trafficking victims in Cambodia

Man poses as rescuer, extorts thousands of dollars from trafficking victims in Cambodia

A man in southern Binh Duong Province has been arrested after extorting money worth thousands of dollars from human trafficking victims in Cambodia that he promised to "rescue."
December 25, 2023 | 02:30 am PT
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