For a compound that hosted one of the largest cyberscam and human-trafficking hubs in Southeast Asia, KK Park operated in plain sight. It was pretty clear that this was no ordinary business — the heavily fortified compound in Myanmar was flanked by armed guards. It was all visible from neighboring Thailand.

作为东南亚规模最大的网络诈骗与人口贩卖据点之一，KK园区的运作可谓明目张胆。这座位于缅甸的据点显然绝非普通商业场所，它戒备森严，四周有武装警卫驻守，从邻国泰国境内就能清晰望见这一切。

The vast complex, estimated to be around 520 acres, contained high-rise buildings, dormitories, offices, restaurants, a hospital and villas, suggesting an industrial-scale operation in the town of Myawaddy.

这片庞大的园区面积约208公顷，内部建有高楼、宿舍、办公楼、餐厅、医院和别墅群，昭示着妙瓦底镇存在工业规模的犯罪运作。

Last week, some of the activity abruptly ended. The Myanmar junta moved in to detain thousands of foreigners at KK Park and Shwe Kokko, another notorious cyberscam hub. For good measure, it also deployed a stunning tactic: demolishing entire buildings with explosives, part of what the junta has called a broader crackdown on scam centers.

上周，园区内的部分活动突然戛然而止。缅甸军政府出动人员，突袭KK园区及另一臭名昭著的网络诈骗据点水沟谷，扣押了数以千计的外籍人员。为示威慑，军政府还采取了令人震惊的手段：用炸药炸毁整栋建筑。军政府称，这是针对诈骗园区开展的大规模打击行动的一部分。

But workers and experts say the crackdown is performative.

但从业者及专家均表示，此次打击行动纯属作秀。

Satellite imagery shows that only 13 percent of the total area of KK Park has been demolished, according to Nathan Ruser, an analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The Myanmar junta said it was committed to destroying the more than 500 buildings that remain, but workers say they have moved on to other compounds, where they continue to defraud people.

澳大利亚战略政策研究所分析师内森·鲁瑟指出，卫星图像显示，KK园区被拆除的面积仅占总面积的13%。缅甸军政府宣称，将致力于摧毁剩余的500多栋建筑，但园区的人透露，他们已转移至其他据点，继续从事诈骗活动。

“Just blowing up a bunch of empty buildings in an angry, haphazard fashion might be demonstrative of a show of force, but, practically, it’s nothing,” said Jacob Sims, a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Asia Center and an expert on transnational crime. “They haven’t done an actual raid on these compounds. No kingpins of KK Park have been turned over.”

“愤怒且随意地炸毁一堆空楼或许能彰显武力，但实际上毫无意义，”哈佛大学亚洲中心访问学者、跨国犯罪问题专家雅各布·西姆斯表示。“他们并未对这些园区展开真正的突袭，KK园区的核心头目无人落网。”

10月，缅甸妙瓦底镇KK园区发生爆炸，浓烟滚滚升腾。

The demolition, along with the crushing of hundreds of computers with a steamroller, was broadcast on state media for days. It was proof, according to Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, a spokesman for the junta, that the army would “completely eradicate online scam activities from their roots.”

军政府还动用压路机碾碎了数百台电脑，相关画面连续数日在缅甸国家媒体播放。军政府发言人绍敏通少将表示，这证明军方将“彻底根除网络诈骗活动，斩草除根”。

“We worked to prevent any chance of online gambling operations re-establishing themselves,” he said, according to The New Light of Myanmar newspaper. “To achieve that, we destroyed 100 percent of the buildings in that area.”

缅甸《新光报》报道，他宣布：“我们已采取措施，杜绝网络赌博活动死灰复燃。为实现这一目标，我们彻底摧毁了该区域100%的建筑。”

A key person behind the scam compounds along the border of Myanmar and Thailand is Col. Saw Chit Thu, a warlord and businessman who controls the Karen Border Guard Forces, known as the B.G.F., a subdivision of the Myanmar army, the United States and Britain say.

美国和英国指出，缅泰边境诈骗园区的核心幕后人物是军阀兼商人苏奇督上校。他掌控着克伦边境部队，该武装是缅甸军方的下属分支。

In January 2023, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the junta chief, conferred an honorary award on Colonel Saw Chit Thu for “outstanding performance” and loyalty. Satellite imagery shows that KK Park is surrounded by at least four armed outposts, according to Mr. Ruser. Workers inside say the compound was guarded by soldiers from the B.G.F.

2023年1月，军政府首脑敏昂莱大将还因苏奇督的忠诚和“卓越表现”，为其颁发了荣誉勋章。鲁瑟称，卫星图像显示，KK园区周边至少设有4个武装哨所。园区内部人员表示，守卫园区的正是克伦边境部队的士兵。

2月，苏奇督出现在妙瓦底，他是幕后操纵诈骗中心的权势军阀兼商人。

The B.G.F. works with Chinese mafia groups to operate some 40 scam compounds that are home to as many as 100,000 people along the 124-mile stretch of the Myanmar-Thailand border, according to Jason Tower, a senior expert at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

全球打击跨国有组织犯罪倡议组织高级专家杰森·托尔称，克伦邦边境部队与中国黑帮团伙勾结，在缅泰边境约200公里的地带运营着约40个诈骗园区，被困人员多达10万人。

Starting in 2023, the junta came under pressure from China, its closest ally, to quell the scam centers because Chinese citizens were being defrauded and trafficked. But even then, the crackdown was selective. Beijing cared only about its own citizens, Mr. Tower said.

自2023年起，军政府在最亲密盟友中国的压力下开始打击诈骗中心，因为大量中国公民遭到诈骗和拐卖。但托尔表示，即便如此，缅甸的打击行动仍带有选择性，而北京只关心本国公民的安危。

The recent involvement of the United States, which set up a Scam Center Strike Force, put new pressure on China. “That’s why you’re seeing a push now by China for a stronger crackdown,” Mr. Tower said.

近期，美国介入并成立了诈骗园区特别行动队，这一举措进一步对中国形成了新的压力。托尔说：“这也是中国现在推动加大打击力度的原因。”

Naing Mg Zaw, a spokesman for the B.G.F., denied that the crackdown was because of U.S. or Chinese pressure. “We had already decided to crack down on scam centers, and the timing just happens to overlap,” he said. “Within a few days, we will clear them out until none are left.”

克伦边境警卫队发言人奈孟绍否认此次打击是迫于美中两国压力。“我们早已决定打击诈骗园区，行动时间纯属巧合。几天之内，我们将彻底清除所有诈骗据点，”他说。

But interviews with former workers show how difficult it will be to eradicate the criminal networks. Min Thu Win who worked in a scam center in Shwe Kokko, said his Chinese supervisors told workers to go home last week “because there might be raids coming.”

但对前园区工作者的采访显示，彻底根除这些犯罪网络难度极大。曾在水沟谷某诈骗园区工作的敏杜温表示，上周他的中国籍主管告知员工“可能即将有突袭行动”，让他们先回家避风头。

Sandy Lin, said she was working a night shift at a scam center in KK Park on Oct. 22 when people started running out, saying that soldiers were coming. Ms. Lin said her job was to target people over age 50 on Instagram, getting their contact details to pass on to “the chatting team.” She said she had to find two targets a day or have $1.60 deducted from her monthly salary of about $460.

桑迪·林（音）透露，10月22日她在KK园区某诈骗公司上夜班时，突然有人惊慌出逃，称士兵来了。她的工作是在Instagram上瞄准50岁以上人群，获取他们的联系方式后转交给“聊天组”。她表示，自己每天必须找到两名目标客户，否则就会从约460美元的月薪中扣除1.6美元。

“Our company has already rented a new building near Myawaddy, in a place called ‘25 Acre,’ and they’ve resumed operations,” she said. “Since everyone in our company is in the same Telegram group, all workers who want to continue working went to that new place,” she said, referring to the messaging app.

“我们公司已经在妙瓦底附近一个叫‘25英亩’的地方租了新楼，并且已经恢复运营了，”她说，“我们公司所有人都在同一个Telegram群里，想继续工作的员工都去了新据点。”

Than Soe said he fled KK Park without getting his salary. Now he is working at another scam compound called Apollo Park. “The military showed videos of destroying computers and phones, but that doesn’t mean anything,” he said. “They can buy new ones anytime. KK Park wasn’t really shut down, it was just for show.”

丹索说，他逃离KK园区时没拿到工资，如今在另一个名为阿波罗园区的诈骗据点工作。“军方公布的销毁电脑和手机的视频根本毫无意义，他们随时可以买新的。KK园区根本没被真正关闭，这一切只是作秀，”他说。