Over 50,000 human trafficking victims have been rescued from online fraud in eight months, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

As a result of Myanmar’s ongoing fight against online scams and gambling, as well as its operational cooperation with neighbouring nations, 54,373 persons had been rescued as of 20 August.

Among them, 52,164 people have been handed over to China, and 1,992 people have been repatriated to ASEAN countries.

According to the analysis, only 10 per cent of the rescued people were legal migrants, and the remaining 90 per cent were illegal migrants, said Chief of Myanmar Police Force (MPF) Police Lt-Gen Win Zaw Moe at the 18th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime held in Vientiane, Laos.

Additionally, Myanmar formed the Action Task Force in March to reduce and eliminate these crimes. The task force is taking decisive action by arresting and prosecuting individuals involved in these online-based crimes.

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