Myanmar’s military said on Sunday (November 9, 2025) it was demolishing nearly 150 buildings in a crackdown on a notorious internet scam compound bordering Thailand — including a gym, a spa and a karaoke parlour.
Sprawling fraud factories have boomed in war-torn Myanmar’s loosely governed border regions, housing workers targeting unsuspecting internet users with romance and business cons worth tens of billions of dollars annually.
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Many workers are trafficked into the internet sweatshops, but others go willingly to the compounds, which are often furnished with luxury amenities for criminal bosses and their high-earning staff.
Last month, Myanmar’s military announced a raid on the infamous scam centre K.K. Park, discovering more than 2,000 scammers and sending 1,500 people fleeing over the border to Thailand.
