Thai raid foils cross-border cable ruse powering Myanmar scam centre

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Thai authorities raided two homes in Nong Lu after discovering internet cables allegedly sent across the border to keep a suspected Myanmar scam compound connected. The operation highlights cross-border cybercrime activity around the Three Pagodas Pass and Kanchanaburi province.

Authorities in Thailand have uncovered an audacious scheme involving hundreds of metres of internet cable sent over the Thai border to keep a suspected Myanmar scam compound online, after finding two ramshackle village homes using enough daily bandwidth to power an entire village. Officers raided the homes in Nong Lu, a Thai border village in Kanchanaburi province, which is the gateway to the Three Pagodas Pass in Myanmar – now a notorious hub for cyber scammers. Many scam centre leaders have...