Thailand has turned the screws on scamming operations abutting its territory, but experts warn of powerful vested interests on both sides of the border, while Myanmar migrants complain of heightened police harassment.

Kenyans who were allegedly being mistreated in Myanmar camps have been released and will be moving to Thailand. The 6 Kenyans were saved by armed men.

Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said on Monday, as a multi-national effort to dismantle a sprawling network of illicit scam centres mounts.

A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps growing. By Hannah Beech Hannah Beech reported from Mae Sot, Thailand ...