Vera Krautsova, a 26-year-old Belarusian woman, travelled to Thailand in September 2025 to work as a model but was abducted by traffickers and taken to Myanmar. Media reports said she was murdered and her organs sold, while her parents were sent a forged death certificate claiming she had died of a heart attack and been cremated. The sentences handed down to five people linked to her murder have drawn widespread criticism: none of the alleged masterminds behind the human trafficking network has been brought to justice, and the operation continues despite police raids.