1 hour ago · Myanmar
Thai raid foils cross-border cable ruse powering Myanmar scam centre
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Myanmar. The first report grouped here was at 16 Oct 2026, 08:31 UTC. The headline in use is “Thai raid foils cross-border cable ruse powering Myanmar scam centre”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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…
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Thai raid foils cross-border cable ruse powering Myanmar scam centre
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