A dramatic and highly publicized operation by the Thai, Chinese and Myanmar authorities has led to the release of more than 7,000 people from online scam compounds in Myanmar. But what they thought was an end to their ordeal was the beginning of another nightmare.

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and eyes. Their nightmare was supposed to be over.

MAE SOT, Thailand — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam centers ... The crackdown on the scam centers in Myanmar followed a meeting in Beijing in early February between Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Chinese leader Xi Jinping where ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online scam centers has ... Myanmar and China follows Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's visit to Beijing this month, where she told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Thailand would act against the scam ...

A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps growing.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Eighty-four Indonesians freed from scam ... The crackdown and repatriation effort came shortly after Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra paid a visit to Beijing earlier this month, where she told Chinese leader Xi Jinping ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online ... Myanmar and China follows Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's visit to Beijing this month, where she told Chinese leader Xi Jinping ...