The fate of actor Wang Xing prompted outrage in China after he disappeared and had to be saved from a Myanmar scam center. The 31- year-old Wang Xing, who also uses Xingxing as a screen name, traveled to Thailand for what he believed to be a job casting by a major entertainment company.

The case drew attention amid a nationwide focus on the apprehension and deportation of undocumented immigrants.

Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar.

China and Thailand have pledged to jointly crack down on dozens of cyber scam gangs in Myanmar and related human trafficking, including setting up at least one coordination centre, according to Thai media reports.

The suspect was wanted in connection with the high-profile kidnapping of the Chinese actor Wang Xing earlier this month.

A key suspect wanted in connection with human trafficking and telecoms fraud cases - including that of Chinese actor Wang Xing - has been arrested and sent to China, Beijing's Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website on Sunday.

BANGKOK: Thailand, China may set up special centre to combatThailand and China are considering joining hands to set up a special centre to deal with human trafficking issues after a Chinese delegate paid a visit to the Thai-Myanmar border,

A Europol-coordinated crackdown exposes a sophisticated smuggling ring luring victims with false job promises, only to trap them in debt bondage and sexual exploitation.

Read More: For Trafficking Victims Forced to Scam Others, the Nightmare Continues Even After Escape Certainly, the way China deals with scamming is problematic. For one, it doesn’t have a specific law on human trafficking, which is instead only defined i ...

That reflected China's approach to treat those trafficked primarily as suspects rather than victims, according to groups that fight human trafficking. “It’s difficult to get a confirmed number of Chinese people trafficked to scam compounds,” said ...

A raid on a dozen "massage parlors" in the state resulted in four arrests, and 17 victims of human trafficking were identified, Griffin said.

China has cracked down on syndicates but struggles to arrest ringleaders in Myanmar. China detains a key human trafficking suspect (Image credits: ANI)