Japan nationals freed from forced work for scammers in Myanmar

A 16-year-old Japanese boy was rescued from a scam syndicate in Myanmar near the border with Thailand earlier this week, Thai authorities who took him into protective custody told Kyodo News on Friday.The information comes as Thai authorities the previous day said another Japanese youth, a high school student who had been forced to work for a Myanmar-based scamming call center, was rescued last month and returned to Japan.The two Japanese are among many foreign victims of forced labor at scam operations in the border area where human trafficking is rampant.Thailand has been strengthening it…READ FULL ARTICLE