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What happened
Foreign nationals are trafficked into cyber-scam compounds in and around Myawaddy after being recruited through fraudulent job offers. Victims have passports confiscated and are confined and forced to conduct online scams through debt-based coercion, threats, physical violence and torture, including electrocution. Some victims are transferred or sold between scam operations. Accused: Chinese and Myanmar criminal syndicates.
Response and intervention
Limited state response due to military junta control. Some rescues through embassy channels; compounds continue operating. Global Slavery Index documentation.