How Myanmar became destination for trafficked East Africans

Foreign and Diaspora Affairs minister Alfred Mutua

Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Alfred Mutua. His ministry says Kenyans continue to fall prey to online job scammers, who are searching for innocent people to sell to Chinese cartels. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG

What you need to know:

  • Travellers are lured as though they are going to Bangkok, a popular tourist destination, but end up in Myanmar.