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MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) – Dramatic and highly facilitated authorities by Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities have launched more than 7,000 people online fraud in Myanmar.
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But what they thought was the end of their ordeal was the beginning of another nightmare. Thousands of young men and women are awaiting Asia, Europe and Africa, which have now been launched from modern slavery to fold unlimited in the fraud fraud centers and army camps controlled by armed militia groups, as they turn the first major global effort to eliminate the rapid fragrance industry in the increasing human borders.
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Gangs that manage illegal fraud operations trapped hundreds of thousands of people in the closed vehicles in Myanmar, Cambodia and other places in Southeast Asia. People who managed to leave say they were initially lured to Thailand with promises of profitable jobs, just to find themselves closed in buildings where they are forced to sit on computers up to 16 hours a day. Refusal of work may bring beating, hunger and electric shocks.
Frauds are deceived by people all over the world to send their lives savings to romantic partners or investment opportunities, while the United Nations Office is lost on drugs and crimes that between $ 18 billion and $ 37 billion in Asia was alone in 2023.
– With anger growing in China after the kidnapping of a young actor, Beijing pressed the authorities in Thailand and Myanmar to act. The Thai government has cut power and electricity, and the government alignment controls that control the regions near the Myanmar border with Thailand issued about 7,000 people from the fraud centers.
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From forced work to unlimited detention
But more than a month after the start of the campaign, thousands of people are still being held in Myanmar, and they keep overcrowded and unhealthy conditions by armed groups that arranged their release.
– The Associated Press obtained exclusive photos of people sitting in ranks, stacked against each other, and surgical masks that cover some of their eyes and mouths. In secret calls, the survivors say they are afraid of their lives because the disease is rampant and the conditions are unsafe.
They sleep on the floors in army camps or previous fraud vehicles guarded by armed militia groups. They are crowded in unintended facilities for absolute numbers. In an army camp, 800 people participate in 10 toilets, one of the survivors said.
Waiting for a $ 600 aircraft ticket
– Return to the house depends on the resources available by the country. China sent a rented flight on Thursday to the small MAE Sot Airport to capture its citizens, but a few other governments may match this. There are approximately 130 Ethiopians waiting for a Thai military base, stuck because there is no $ 600 aircraft ticket.
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Their ordeal raised concern about the US State Department and the demands of their release from international human rights organizations, but Thai officials will not allow people across the borders until their original countries arrange to leave immediately. There is a handful of the boundary invitation groups on the border.
Thailand works with embassies to coordinate the publication and delivery of people, but she said it could deal with up to 300 people a day, a decrease from 500 at first.
Work as usual
Defenders say that thousands of people from fraud will not stop efforts to steal the savings of life illegally from Americans and others. No presidents have been arrested.
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The Associated Press is investigating electronic fraud. If you or anyone you know have been detained or forced to defraud others, here are the ways to contact us. AP global investigation team: Investigation ↕AP.ORG.
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