Tag: fraud

A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers

BANGKOK -- Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security official...

Argentine judge investigates fraud case against President Milei over crypto promotion

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- A judge in Argentina was selected Monday to investigate allegations of fraud against President Javier Milei for his brief...

Argentine lawyers charge President Milei with fraud over cryptocurrency promotion

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Argentine lawyers filed fraud charges against President Javier Milei in criminal court on Sunday for promoting a cryptocurrency on his...

Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated

BANGKOK -- Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after...

US aid freeze sets back fight against human trafficking in Cambodia

BANGKOK -- President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow to organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia,...

China's Xi and Thailand's leader vow to crack down on scam networks that plague Southeast Asia

BANGKOK -- China's leader Xi Jinping and visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra vowed to crack down on the scam networks that plague...