Electro-shocks, beatings and torture: The life of a scam-mill worker

A newly constructed building within a Myanmar scam center compound as seen from Tak, Thailand, Feb 22, 2025. A multinational effort helped free thousands forced to work in these fraud centers, yet they continue to proliferate unabated. — ©2025 The New York Times Company

MAE SOT, Thailand: The job advertisement promised a fat salary in a modern metropolis.

Fisher, a 27-year-old Ethiopian who had studied electrical engineering, persuaded his father to sell the family farmland – where generations had grown mangoes, avocados and teff, an ancient grain – to pay for a ticket to Bangkok.