BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand’s police revealed the results of seven major operations targeting transnational call center scams, part of the government’s intensified crackdown on technology-driven crime. The networks, linked across Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, are under investigation for fraud and money laundering activities.
Deputy National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Trairong Phiwpan and the Information Technology Crime Suppression Center (IAC) reported that from August 4 to October 26, 916 cases were investigated, with total damages exceeding 559.2 million baht and over 182.5 million baht recovered.
The seven highlighted operations include:
- Stopping cross-border scams in Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai, intercepting accounts and SIM cards sent to Laos.
- Preventing 13 victims from being trafficked to work in Cambodian call centers.
- Rescuing a Thai woman from Poipet who was lured into scam operations.
- Raiding a Hong Kong-linked gang in Bangkok, seizing assets worth 1.3 million baht.
- Cracking a Chinese-language scam base in Lat Phrao, Bangkok.
- Shutting down illegal SIM Box operations in Sa Kaeo.
- Disrupting money laundering in Chiang Rai, confiscating over 2,000 ATM cards and cash exceeding 500,000 baht.
Pol. Lt. Gen. Trairong emphasized that all actions align with government policy to continuously combat call center gangs and educate the public to prevent victimization. (TNA)
