Security forces in Myanmar and Cambodia raided scam centers where people were held in slavery (5 photos + 1 video)
Now for the good news. 
Thousands of victims have been rescued, including women who were planned to be sold into sexual slavery or for their organs, according to the UN and local authorities. The organizers have been detained, including five women accused of murder, human trafficking, and fraud.
This is part of a campaign: in February 2025, more than 7,000 people were freed in Myanmar, and hundreds in Cambodia, including Koreans and Filipinos. 
People rescued from fraudulent trafficking centers are transported from Myanmar to Thailand on a barge at the Myanmar-Thailand border in Phop Phra district, near Mae Sot (Tak province, northern Thailand, February 12, 2025).
These centers are bases on the borders of Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, where up to 120,000 people in Myanmar and 100,000 in Cambodia were deceived by phone calls offering fake offers. Victims, lured under the guise of IT jobs, had their passports revoked, were beaten, or trafficked.
In Myanmar, junta soldiers are checking the mountains, seizing KK Park – a "Silicon Valley" of scammers with villas and a bank. In Cambodia, the UN is criticizing the authorities for their complicity, as rescued people are often imprisoned instead of being helped.
The town of Shwe Kokko in Myanmar's Myawaddy Region is home to one of the most notorious scam complexes.
In October 2025, Belarusian model Vera Kravtsova (26) was lured to Thailand for a "shoot," killed in Myanmar for "poor performance," and her organs were sold—her family was sent a photo of her ashes. And 24-year-old Dashima from Chita was rescued on October 7: she had been lured to Bangkok, sold into slavery, and forced to work in a call center.
The industry generates $64 billion annually, and such raids are just the beginning of the fight. Thailand has strengthened border controls, and the US has imposed sanctions against Cambodian networks. But many of those rescued languish for months in camps, awaiting repatriation.
A new operation to combat fraudulent online centers has left more than 7,000 people from around the world stranded in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation.
Just a reminder: "working abroad" can turn into a nightmare.
