By Shoon Naing (Reuters) -Scam centres that operated along the Thai-Myanmar border for years have drawn fresh attention after the high-profile abduction and release of a Chinese actor in Thailand. The incident sparked a multi-national effort among Thailand,

In an exclusive interview with VOA, lawmaker Rangsiman Rome, who chairs the Thai House Committee on National Security and is deputy leader of the opposition People’s Party, casts doubt on the effectiveness of the crackdown, calling it more symbolic than structural.

The crackdown is widening against scam centers responsible for using the internet to contact potential victims and carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia

Lured by fake job offers, hundreds of Indians have found themselves trapped in Myanmar's cybercrime underworld.

UN estimates hundreds of thousands of people are trapped inside the compounds after falling victim to online crypto and romance cons

A senior official with the Thai police, currently investigating Myanmar scam organizations, said some groups are now shifting from Myanmar to Cambodia and Laos due to crackdowns by law enforcement.

Thailand and Cambodia share a border of 508 miles. The Thai defence ministry has previously proposed a wall to block off a 34 mile natural crossing between Thailand's Sa Kaeo province and Poipet, which at present is only protected by razor wire.

The raid in the Cambodian border town of Poipet follows Bangkok’s crackdown on scamming operations along the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Scam centres, particularly those in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar run illegal ... The main focus of the current crackdown is Myanmar's Myawaddy region, along the Thai border, where scam centres ...

Thailand will study the feasibility of building a wall along part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said on Monday.

Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said today, as

The crackdown is widening against scam centres responsible for carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia, especially those on Thailand’s porous borders with Myanmar and Cambodia, where hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs in recent years, according to the United Nations.