BANGKOK -- When Myanmar's military mounted a 10-day assault last month on notorious scam centers that are cash cows for well-armed ethnic militias along its borders, and by association its own coffers, one warlord seemed unperturbed.
Myanmar Crisis
Myanmar strikes on scam centers dismissed as 'smoke screen'
Assaults unlikely to make big dent in crime networks' operations, analysts say
An explosion rocks a building within the KK Park scam center in Myawaddy township, Myanmar, on Oct. 25, during a 10-day operation by the Myanmar military. © Getty Images
Read Next
Latest on Myanmar Crisis
