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- Myanmar’s parliament approved an Anti-Online Scam Bill that allows execution for forced-scam violence.
- The International Organization for Migration reports that about 300,000 people are trafficked to Myanmar’s online-scam centers where they lose documents, are forced to defraud Westerners and may be sexually abused.
- The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says Chinese syndicates run scam compounds in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, causing $114 billion losses in 2025 in Australia and New Zealand.
