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Myanmar Scam Centre Raid Sends Hundreds Fleeing To Thailand

More than 600 people fled one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centres and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official told AFP on Thursday, after a military raid on the compound.

International Business Times

SpaceX Says 'Disabled' 2,500 Starlink Devices At Myanmar Scam Centres

SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink internet devices at Myanmar scam centres, a company executive said Wednesday, after AFP revealed that their use had exploded in the illicit industry.

International Business Times

Fake Modeling Gig Turns Deadly: What Happened to Vera Kravtsova, the Belarus Woman Killed for Organs in Myanmar's Trafficking Rings

Vera Kravtsova, 26, a former contestant on 'The Voice' Belarus, vanished after flying to Bangkok in September 2025.

International Business Times UK

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Slain model not ‘forced’ to go to Myanmar, Thai officials say

Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has denied reports that a Belarusian model who travelled to Bangkok for work was “forced” to go to Myanmar, where she was reportedly killed by a scam gang who then sold her organs on the black market.

Bangkok Post

Thailand to let Myanmar refugees work to counter aid cuts and labour shortages

The move, welcomed by UN, will allow thousands of people living in camps to support themselves and their families

The Guardian - UK

Thousands arrested by Myanmar military after raids on infamous cybercrime spots

Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun said the top leaders of the Karen National Union were involved in the scam projects

The Independent UK

Myanmar Junta Says Seized 30 Starlink Receivers In Scam Centre Raid

Myanmar's junta raided one of the country's most notorious cyberscam centres and seized Starlink satellite internet devices, it said Monday, after an AFP investigation revealed an explosion in their use in the multibillion-dollar illicit industry.

International Business Times

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Consumer Tech News (Oct 13-17): Elon Musk's Starlink Under US Probe, Salesforce Eyes $60B Revenue, Apple Launches M5 Chip And More

A bipartisan committee in the U.S. Congress has reportedly begun a probe into Elon Musk‘s Starlink satellite business for its alleged involvement in providing internet access to scam centers in Myanmar.

Benzinga

Drug den busted at Nana barber shop in Bangkok

Bangkok police arrested six foreign men, a Thai woman and a Myanmar woman at a barber shop on Nana Road (Sukhumvit Soi 3) where they said drugs were available.

Bangkok Post

US Indicts Cambodian Tycoon Over $15bn Crypto Scam Empire

US authorities on Tuesday unsealed an indictment against Chen Zhi, a UK-Cambodian businessman accused of running forced labor camps in Cambodia where trafficked workers carried out cryptocurrency fraud schemes that netted billions of dollars.

International Business Times

Myanmar Scam Centres Booming Despite Crackdown, Using Musk's Starlink: AFP Investigation

Scam centres in Myanmar blamed for swindling billions from victims across the world are expanding fast just months after a crackdown that was supposed to eradicate them, an AFP investigation has found.

International Business Times

Elon Musk's Starlink Is Reportedly Being Probed For Alleged Role In Myanmar Scam Centers: 'It Is Abhorrent'

Benzinga

Exposed: Myanmar's Growing Scam Hubs Powered by Elon Musk's Starlink Despite Global Crackdowns

Scam compounds in Myanmar are thriving again, using Elon Musk's Starlink to power billion-pound fraud networks.

International Business Times UK

Myanmar Scam Cities Booming Despite Crackdown -- Using Musk's Starlink

They said they had smashed them.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the online scam industry: authorities must not forget that perpetrators are often victims too

Editorial: A lucrative sector is spreading fast as criminal enterprises force abused and trafficked workers to cheat others

The Independent UK

Photos show a town ravaged by civil war in Myanmar

Kyaukme, a once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State, is in shambles, targeted by both sides in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war because of its strategic location at a key junction on the trading route to China.

The Independent UK

A Myanmar town lies in shambles as both sides in civil war vie for control

International Business Times

Myanmar Air Strikes Force Youth Into Bunker Schools

Before a Myanmar student descends into a classroom entombed in a concrete bunker, she prays for compassion and her community's safety, knowing her appeal will go unanswered.

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The Independent UK

Myanmar's military acknowledges attacking festival, accuses resistance forces of using human shields

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it attacked a Buddhist festival held on the grounds of a school earlier this week

The Guardian - UK

Paraglider bomb attack by Myanmar military kills at least 20 at protest

Dozens more injured by night strike on anti-government demonstration held during national holiday

Evening Standard

At least 40 killed and 80 injured as paraglider drops bombs on Buddhist festival in Myanmar

Officials had received information about a potential airborne attack as hundreds had gathered in Chaung U township

The Independent UK

Dozens killed and 47 wounded after paraglider drops bombs on Buddhist festival in Myanmar

A group of 100 people had gathered to celebrate the Buddhist festival

The Independent UK

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program

The Conversation

How to conduct post-atrocity research – key insights from practitioners in the field

From Gaza to Myanmar and Sudan, communities around the globe continue to suffer the consequences of war, civil strife and sectarian violence. Indeed in 2024, 111 countries experienced some form of mass atrocity against civilians.

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military says it has recaptured a key central town from ethnic rebels

Myanmar’s military claims it has taken back control of a major district capital in northern Shan State more than a year after losing it to an armed ethnic minority rebel group

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