Thailand has extradited She Zhijiang, the Chinese mastermind behind vast online gambling and scam networks based in Shwe Kokko, Myanmar, to face prosecution in China. The operation was carried out by the Crime Suppression Division’s elite Hanuman unit, which transferred the criminal from Klong Prem Central Prison to Suvarnabhumi Airport under tight security. | NBT World

Myanmar Military Raids Chinese-Owned Hotels in Shwe Kokko, Foreigners Temporarily Trapped Thai security sources say Myanmar troops and Border Guard Force units raided two Chinese-owned hotels in Shwe Kokko early Tuesday, triggering panic among foreign residents in the border enclave opposite Thailand’s Tak province. Around 1 a.m., soldiers surrounded the Changduiouye and Chaifuguangchai hotels—both linked to Yatai International Holding Group—along with nearby buildings in the Moei River border t

Controlled by a powerful militia group, Shwe Kokko, Myanmar, is a city built on scams—so getting there to uncover the truth of what's happening was anything but easy. Watch all-new #TraffickedWithMarianavanZeller, Saturdays at 9/8c on National Geographic. Now streaming on Hulu. | National Geographic TV

Nearly one hundred Kenyans trapped in Shwe Kokko, a remote and heavily guarded zone in Myanmar's Kayin State near the Thai border, have sent an urgent appeal stating that they have been held by military forces for more than two months with no consular intervention or evacuation arrangements, and are pleading to be returned to Kenya. Their plea comes in the backdrop of a recent Kenyan court decision that held a fake recruitment agency liable for trafficking a Kenyan citizen to the same region, re

Scam raid fears spark exodus of Chinese from Shwe Kokko Thousands of Chinese nationals fled overnight from online scam compounds in Shwe Kokko, north of Myawaddy, amid reports that Myanmar’s military regime and its ally the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) are preparing a joint raid on the crime hub near the Thai border on Tuesday. #Myanmar #scam #Myawaddy #ShweKokko #online #Chinese #military #Karen #BGF #crime #hub | The Irrawaddy - English Edition