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Myanmar: Forced Labour and Human Trafficking

Commons · Question 85063 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what sanctions the UK has imposed on people running transnational crime syndicates operating scam centres in Myanmar; and whether she is taking steps to impose new sanctions,

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 3 Nov 2025

The UK is acting in concert with our allies and partners to combat the growing transnational threat from scam centres, including by joining the US in sanctioning the multi-billion-pound Prince Group network in October, and sanctioning 3 individuals in 202...