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CSD preps for laundering crackdown
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/09/2017
» The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) will this week intensify its follow-up of nearly 200 suspects in major money laundering cases in a move speculated to precede large-scale raids.
Cambodia to hand over Pattaya suspect today
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/02/2017
» Cambodian authorities are expected to hand a man suspected of masterminding the murder of a British national in a sports club car park in Pattaya over to Thai police on Saturday, police sources said.
Thailand at head of drug ‘highway’
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 05/02/2017
» The arrest of Xaysana Keopimpha, the suspected mastermind behind several drug rackets in Southeast Asia, has raised fears that Thailand has become a "superhighway" for drug trafficking.
Mourners easy target for transnational pickpockets
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/11/2016
» The large gathering of mourners for His Majesty the King outside the Grand Palace has been a gold mine for crooks, with some having taken the trouble to fly from other countries to take advantage of the unsuspecting crowds.
Visa marriage crackdown targets police
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/07/2016
» Police officers are the latest target in the Immigration Bureau's crackdown on transnational criminals in Thailand.
Wife of UK-based journalist released after questioning
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/07/2016
» Police have released the wife of Scottish journalist Andrew MacGregor Marshall after detaining her for questioning for at least four hours on Friday.
Fake marriages linked to transnational crime
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/04/2016
» The Immigration Bureau is cracking down on bogus marriages involving illegal residents in its latest drive to battle transnational crime.
Drug bust exposes security flaws
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/03/2016
» The arrest of a large group of Malaysian drug suspects last week has driven the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) to pay more attention to both public transport and postal and good delivery services, amid suspicions these services are being abused as channels to transport drugs and other illicit goods to both domestic and international destinations.
Immigration set for overhaul
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/01/2016
» The Immigration Bureau is expediting efforts to overhaul the immigration system as it moves to prevent terrorist attacks including a much-touted "biometric'' system for screening people entering the country.
Bail denied over 'embezzlement'
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/12/2014
» Bail has been denied to two suspects implicated in the 1.6-billion-baht embezzlement scandal at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang.