Thailand shuts power to Myanmar’s scam hub, PM Paetongtarn vows firm action

Attention has focused on Thailand being used as a transit hub by criminal syndicates to lure and transport unsuspecting workers, as well as SIM cards, satellite links and petrol for the scam compounds to operate.

Thai authorities have consistently said it is impossible to combat these scam operators based beyond the kingdom, arguing that its geography makes it virtually impossible to police the long and remote frontiers to Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.

But following a visit by China’s Assistant Public Security Minister Liu Zhongyi to address the scam crisis, Thailand launched its biggest crackdown to date against the criminal syndicates.