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Bangladeshi migrant workers were lured and scammed with promises of high-paying jobs in Thailand. Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

Enslaved in Myanmar’s scam centres, rescued Bangladeshis carry harrowing scars

Most of these victims endured months of nightmarish physical and mental torture in the telecom scam centres of war-ravaged Myanmar, before being rescued by the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army

Multinational victims of scam centres, who were trafficked into working in Myanmar and were sent to Thailand on February 12 amid a mounting crackdown on scam centres operating along a porous border, queue to get food at a shelter inside the 310th Military District (Fort Wachiraprakan), as they wait for their embassies to pick them up, in Tak province, Thailand February 19, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
South Asia

Myanmar scam centre survivors recall torture and coercion