Grey-market syndicates and scam rings in Myanmar's border enclaves are actively targeting, recruiting, and exploiting children under the age of 18. Once inside these sealed compounds, the minors are coerced into running online fraudulent operations under confinement.
Conditions are particularly brutal for young girls. When failing to meet assigned scam performance targets, they face direct threats of forced sexual exploitation. Crucially, this cross-border trafficking pipeline continues to operate due to active facilitation and complicity from actors stationed along the Thai-Myanmar border. ToNanyang Heat Week｜check in & spin for Premium
