Thailand cuts electricity to Myanmar regions over unpaid bills and fraud, addressing cross-border financial challenges.

Thailand and China will work together to combat fast-growing networks of illegal call centres along the Thai border with Myanmar and Cambodia, often staffed by trafficked workers, that aim to defraud people in phone and online scams.

Thailand’s visa waiver program for Chinese tourists has boosted tourism but sparked concerns over rising transnational crimes linked to criminal networks.

We are all vulnerable to the rapid spread of phone scams – including, it seems, world leaders. Thailand’s prime minister has revealed she got a call from an AI system, demanding money in the voice of another famous head of government.

Chinese tourists are expressing fears about traveling to Thailand – with some cancelling their trips – following the high-profile case of a Chinese actor’s abduction to a Myanmar scam call center.

Scammers under leading telecom fraud syndicates in north Myanmar are handed over to Chinese custody, on January 30, 2024. Photo: VCG. A senior officials' meeting on Lancang-Mekong

The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with security agencies to cease electricity supply from Thailand to Myanmar border towns, aiming to disrupt scam operations in the neighbouring country.

Indonesia has sought help from the Thai military to repatriate two migrant workers who are stuck in Myanmar. “We are carrying out diplomatic approach

The rampant telecom fraud in northern and eastern Myanmar has recently made headlines again following the rescue of Chinese actor Wang Xing who claimed to have fallen into a scam park after being brought to Myawaddy,

Regime says criminal border syndicates are supplied by neighboring country, while civilian National Unity Government pledges international cooperation to eradicate call center gangs.

News of the joint crime-fighting effort comes after top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi urges Asean countries to crack down on cross-border fraud.

Thailand and China will work together to combat fast-growing networks of illegal call centers along Thailand's borders with Myanmar and Cambodia.