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Mae Sot International Airport is finally living up to its name. As planes from China and India have come to pick up their respective citizens who have been extracted from scam centers across the border in Myanmar and repatriate them, it’s no longer j... [1]

Junta-allied Karen warlords were among nine individuals and companies hit by fresh US sanctions targeting Myanmar’s border scam centers on Monday. [2]

The Shwe Kokko crime hub, which was initially pitched as a large-scale mixed commercial, residential and leisure development project known as “China Town,” sprung up nearly a decade ago on the bank of the Moei River on the Thailand-Myanmar border. [3]

Mizzima The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Burmese individuals and companies tied to cyber fraud, forced labour, and armed groups, as part of a wider crackdown on Southeast Asian networks accused of stealing billions of dollars fro... [4]

The U.S. government has sanctioned 19 companies and individuals in Myanmar and Cambodia for their involvement in a multibillion-dollar global scam industry that it accused of stealing “billions of dollars from Americans using forced labor and violenc... [5]

YANGON—The Chinese developer of a shady “new city” project on the Myanmar-Thai border—a company with links to illicit cryptocurrency and casino operations—has insisted the project is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, despite an assertion to t... [6]

Myanmar, isolated from the rest of the world since last year’s coup, is rapidly becoming an even bigger headache for the Southeast Asia region. [7]

Myanmar authorities have locked down the controversial China-backed Shwe Kokko new city project in Karen State, eastern Myanmar following a spike in COVID-19 infections in the area. [8]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2026-02-11 · 75% match

Want to Break the Scam Centers? Follow the Money

Mae Sot International Airport is finally living up to its name. As planes from China and India have come to pick up their respective citizens who have been extracted from scam centers across the border in Myanmar and repatriate them, it’s no longer j

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-09-09 · 75% match

Junta-Allied Karen Warlords Hit by US Sanctions Over Myanmar’s Scam City

Junta-allied Karen warlords were among nine individuals and companies hit by fresh US sanctions targeting Myanmar’s border scam centers on Monday.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-11-27 · 75% match

The Story of Shwe Kokko: How a Border Backwater Became a Global Crime Hub

The Shwe Kokko crime hub, which was initially pitched as a large-scale mixed commercial, residential and leisure development project known as “China Town,” sprung up nearly a decade ago on the bank of the Moei River on the Thailand-Myanmar border.

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-09-10 · 75% match

US sanctions Myanmar-based networks behind cyber scams and militias

Mizzima The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Burmese individuals and companies tied to cyber fraud, forced labour, and armed groups, as part of a wider crackdown on Southeast Asian networks accused of stealing billions of dollars fro

[5] TH thediplomat.com · 2025-09-09 · 75% match

US Government Announces New Sanctions on Scam Networks in Myanmar, Cambodia

The U.S. government has sanctioned 19 companies and individuals in Myanmar and Cambodia for their involvement in a multibillion-dollar global scam industry that it accused of stealing “billions of dollars from Americans using forced labor and violenc

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-09-01 · 75% match

‘New City’ on Thai-Myanmar Border Part of BRI Despite China’s Denials, Developer Claims

YANGON—The Chinese developer of a shady “new city” project on the Myanmar-Thai border—a company with links to illicit cryptocurrency and casino operations—has insisted the project is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, despite an assertion to t

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2022-09-06 · 75% match

Controversial China-Backed New City is Myanmar’s Human Trafficking Hub

Myanmar, isolated from the rest of the world since last year’s coup, is rapidly becoming an even bigger headache for the Southeast Asia region.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-06-21 · 75% match

Chinese-Backed New City Project on Myanmar-Thai Border Under COVID-19 Lockdown

Myanmar authorities have locked down the controversial China-backed Shwe Kokko new city project in Karen State, eastern Myanmar following a spike in COVID-19 infections in the area.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-10-06 · 75% match

Yatai IHG May Seek to Co-opt Myanmar Government Officials Through Dubious Connections

In August, the Chinese Embassy in Yangon expressed support for Myanmar’s move to investigate irregularities surrounding a controversial new city development near the Thai border in Karen State run by Chinese investors accused of illegal casino activi

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-07-17 · 75% match

‘Broken Tooth’: The Face of Chinese Investment in Myanmar

Less than a decade ago, Wan Kuok Koi, better known as “Broken Tooth”, was incarcerated in a purpose-built top-security detention facility on Coloane, one of the two islands that once formed part of the old Portuguese possession of Macau off the coast

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