Myanmar junta says raided online scam center, arrested over 300

YANGON: Myanmar’s military said Wednesday it raided an Internet scam hub on the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 people, part of a highly publicized crackdown against the booming black market compounds. Sprawling fraud factories have ballooned in war-torn Myanmar’s border regions, housing scammers targeting Internet users with romance and business cons worth tens of billions of dollars annually. Myanmar’s junta has long been accused of turning a blind eye but has trumpeted a crackdown since February after being lobbied by key military backer China, experts say.

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