China’s leader Xi Jinping and visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra have vowed to crack down on the scam networks that plague Southeast Asia as the two met in Beijing

Thailand on Wednesday (February 5) suspended electricity, internet and fuel supplies to some border areas with Myanmar in an effort to thwart the operation of scam centers there, amid growing pressure on the illegal compounds that have ensnared vast numbers of people of multiple nationalities.

Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center of a global, billion-dollar online scam industry.