Emily Fishbein

Aug 23, 2024 | frontiermyanmar.net | Emily Fishbein

By EMILY FISHBEIN | FRONTIERThis article was supported by the Pulitzer Center and is part of a series of articles about human trafficking into the cyber-scamming industry in Myanmar following the 2021 military coup. In 2022, Sara responded to an online ad for customer service workers in Thailand, accepting a job after two video interviews over Skype. “They had an address; they had a telephone number … it looked legit,” she said. “The salary was market-related.

Jul 29, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Emily Fishbein

In November 2023, Htun was trapped in a cyber-scamming compound in Laukkai, in Myanmar’s eastern Shan State on the border with China, when the city came under siege. For nearly a year, the former English tutor from Myanmar’s central Sagaing region had been held there against his will.

Jul 28, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Emily Fishbein

Victims recount life inside a scam factory in Laukkai before the city's fall brought the scheme crashing down. In October of 2021, La Awng travelled from his native Kachin State in Myanmar to Laukkai, the capital of the country’s autonomous Kokang region near the border with China, planning to work in a casino. Instead, he was trafficked into a cyber-scamming business run by Chinese criminal networks.

May 26, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Emily Fishbein

Ever since she witnessed a Myanmar military air strike on her school in February, kindergarten teacher Mi Hser has been haunted by the memory. The day started like any other at the school in Daw Si Ei village in the southeastern Karenni State’s Demoso township. Children tossed around a football, while others played and shared snacks until the morning bell. Gathered outside for their weekly assembly, the 170 students listened as their teachers spoke.

Feb 7, 2024 | msn.com | Emily Fishbein

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