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Is this the end for South East Asia's scam centres?
Thousands of workers have run away or been released after legal and military action by Myanmar.
It’s one of the biggest human trafficking operations of modern times. Scam centres across South East Asia have been making hundreds of billions of dollars annually, it’s estimated, conning people into fake crypto-currency investment schemes.
But now these centres could be coming under threat, with both military and legal moves by global enforcement challenging their apparent impunity.
Presented and produced by Ed Butler
(Picture: An aerial photo showing the KK Park complex in Myanmar, taken in September 2025. Credit: Getty Images)
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