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US sanctions companies and individuals behind Southeast Asian scam centers

Alleged scam centre workers and victims rest during a crackdown operation by the Karen Border Guard Force on illicit activity in Shwe Kokko in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township in February. [AFP] (AFP)

The United States has sanctioned nearly 20 companies and individuals in Myanmar and Cambodia for their involvement in part of a multibillion-dollar global scam industry built on the back of enslaved human trafficking victims.

The Treasury Department on Monday announced it had issued financial and diplomatic sanctions on nine targets operating in Myanmar’s notorious Shwe Kokko city, and 10 in Cambodia.

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