PUBLISHED : 17 Feb 2025 at 20: 21
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Call centre workers, alleged to be members of scam gangs, are forced to leave Payathonzu, a Myanmar border town adjacent to Kanchanaburi, by the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) on Monday. Piyarach Chongcharoen
The Royal Thai Police (RTP) estimate that 10,000 foreign nationals will be rescued from call scam centres in Myanmar as authorities ramp up a crackdown on transnational crime syndicates near the Thai border.
Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, director of the RTP’s Anti-Human Trafficking Center and Police Cyber Taskforce, said on Monday that Thai authorities are holding talks with their Myanmar counterparts under the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) framework to verify and return victims of human trafficking and call centre scammers to their countries.
He said Thailand only acts as a facilitator, and if they are verified as victims and want to pursue legal action against traffickers or scammers, they must file their complaints with Myanm
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