The town of Shwe Kokko, notorious for its cyber scam operations, in Kayin State’s Myawaddy Township, seen from the Thai side of the Moei River in November 2022. (Frontier)

UN urges scam centre clampdown amid ‘staggering’ abuses

The United Nations on Friday called on governments to clamp down on scam centres, which have mushroomed in Southeast Asia with hundreds of thousands of people trafficked into forced labour.

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