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China charges Myanmar Golden Triangle syndicate suspects with murder and telecoms fraud

South China Morning Post
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Chinese authorities have charged 16 Myanmar citizens with crimes including murder and telecoms fraud.

Criminal gangs are accused of luring hundreds of thousands of people to cross the border into Myanmar and forcing them to take part in telecoms scams in the so-called Golden Triangle .

Crime syndicates are believed to have made millions of US dollars a day from the scams, according to state news agency Xinhua .