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‘Escaping hell’: Pakistanis among Myanmar scam center workers pleading to go home

  • Some 7,000 people released from scam compounds are now enduring a grueling wait to be sent home through Thailand
  • Scam centers have sprung up in Myanmar’s lawless border areas in recent years as part of billion dollar criminal industry 
By AFP ·

Families of Pakistanis trapped in forced labor in Myanmar urge authorities to secure release

By Aamir Saeed ·

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