In Myanmar has introduced the death penalty for those involved in online fraud (2 photos)
The focus is primarily on the bosses of cyber centers where "workers" are forcibly detained. The victims of these online fraud centers were people who were invited to the country under the pretext of high wages. 
The Myanmar Parliament has passed a law to combat cyber fraud, which provides for the death penalty for illegal detention, violence, and torture to force people to work in online fraud centers. Furthermore, life sentences are prescribed for the bosses of so-called scam centers.
In recent years, Myanmar has become one of the largest hubs for online fraud in Asia. Law enforcement agencies in many countries have reported large-scale criminal networks detaining people in gated communities and forcing them to participate in fraudulent schemes, ranging from traditional phone scams to cryptocurrency investment scams.
In 2025, international organizations reported that a transnational criminal network was operating in several Asian countries, deceptively recruiting foreigners. During "online meetings," people were offered lucrative employment opportunities and invited to Bangkok, Thailand. There, they were met and transported to Myanmar, bypassing border checkpoints, where they were then forced to defraud people through torture and beatings.
According to the FBI, in 2025, losses from cryptocurrency fraud reached over $11 billion. And the lion's share of this "revenue" comes from scam centers in Myanmar and Cambodia. 
Myanmar is known to be committed to cracking down on fraudulent cybercenters. Over the past few months, 77 illegal structures have been demolished in the Shwe Kokko and Myawaddy areas on the border with Thailand, including a 17-story building belonging to criminal networks.
