The Kapok Star Hotel and attached casinos beside vacant lots and unfinished buildings in Laos's Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in June last year. (Andrew Nachemson | Frontier)

‘Like slaves’: Myanmar workers trafficked to Laos scam hub

Desperate migrant workers are increasingly heading for the Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos, whose illicit economy has apparent links to Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed group.

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