Post by @ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social

2026-02-17 07:37 UTC

The criminals operate in Myanmar, because it's too dangerous for them to do so in China. Last month, 11 Chinese operators of Burmese scam camps were executed in China. Thailand tries to curb activities, including by shutting off internet to border villages where the scam camps are located. How have the criminals reconnected to the web in response to this? Via good old Elon Musk. Starlink is among the biggest internet providers to Southeast Asian scamming compounds. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gdrvy9gjo

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@ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social 2026-02-17 07:43

India, the Philippines and China are prompt to repatriate their nationals. But African states do not do so. As such, Africans are becoming disproportionately targeted by Chinese criminal orgs knowing that little will be done to rescue them. Africans who escape Myanmar can expect to spend lengthy stints in Thai immigration jail until they get the money for airfare/fines. The UN itself is low on money, & issued a call last year for some $2.5M to fly home 1,000 survivors. https://roasiapacific.iom.int/news/iom-urgently-seeks-usd-25-million-repatriate-victims-trafficking-forced-criminality-stranded-along-thai-myanmar-border

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@FaithfullJohn@mastodon.scot 2026-02-17 07:41

@ZekuZelalem 😭🤬

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@LukefromDC@kolektiva.social 2026-02-17 09:39

@ZekuZelalem Very satisfying to see those 11 slavers rotting in their graves, but this is NOT who China (or anyone else) usually executes. My guess is they enslaved too many Chinese citizens, forcing the government to make a token gesture.

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