Thai authorities have dismissed reports claiming that a Belarusian model was abducted from Thailand and later murdered for her organs by a scam gang in Myanmar.
The shocking allegation first appeared on the Russian news outlet Mash, then was echoed by Western media outlets such as The Daily Mail and The Sun, quickly spreading across social networks last week.
According to those reports, Vera Kravtsova, 26, allegedly traveled from Belarus to Thailand in September for a modeling job interview in Bangkok. She was said to have been coerced into crossing into Myanmar, where she was enslaved at a cybercrime center and later killed when she failed to meet her “targets.” The group allegedly sold her organs on the black market and demanded USD 500,000 from her family to return her body.
However, Thai Immigration Bureau spokesperson Maj. Gen. Choengron Rimpadee said on October 21 that investigations found no evidence she was forced to leave Thailand or coerced into Myanmar.
Security footage from Suvarnabhumi Airport shows Kravtsova completing check-in and departure procedures on her own before boarding Thai Airways flight TG301 to Yangon on September 20. “There was no indication that she was under duress or accompanied by anyone,” Rimpadee said.
Thai police stated that what happened to Kravtsova after her arrival in Myanmar remains outside Thailand’s jurisdiction. Authorities have reinforced measures to prevent foreigners from being lured into scam operations, and in 2025 alone, around 34,000 individuals were denied entry into Thailand for security reasons.
The alleged murder remains unverified, and both Thai and Myanmar authorities have not confirmed any such case.
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