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Agency urged to rev up excise tax evasion drive
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/04/2025
» The Excise Department was instructed to expedite implementation of its zero tolerance policy for excise tax evasion, cracking down on violations of excise laws.
Diesel shortage near Thai-Myanmar border as anti-smuggling efforts continue
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/02/2025
» TAK: People in Phop Phra district of Tak bordering Myawaddy are facing a shortage of diesel while security officials arrest Thais for smuggling fuel into Myanmar.
Myanmar to stay in the dark
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 11/02/2025
» The government insisted on Monday its priority is to protect Thais from call-centre gangs, and it will not be influenced by protests calling for a boycott of Thai goods following the cutting of power, fuel and internet services to the five border areas where these criminal networks are based.
Govt shrugs off Myanmar rallies against Thai sanctions
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 10/02/2025
» The government must protect Thais from Chinese scammers and will not be swayed by Myanmar rallies for a boycott of Thai goods after it cut off power, fuel and the internet to border areas where the gangsters are based, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Monday.
Syrians protest after video of attack on Alawite shrine
AFP, Published on 26/12/2024
» DAMASCUS - Angry protests broke out Wednesday in the heartland of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad's Alawite minority, a war monitor and witnesses said, after a video circulated showing an attack on a shrine.
End of the Dubai dream for Europe's drug lords?
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» PARIS - Drug lords like Sean McGovern, a top lieutenant of the Kinahan cartel, and Faissal Taghi -- son of the infamous head of the Dutch-Moroccan Mocro Maffia -- used to hang out and party in Dubai's glitzy hotels and restaurants without a care in the world.
Border alert for palm oil smuggling from Malaysia
Online Reporters, Published on 04/11/2024
» Trade officials along the border with Malaysia have been instructed to closely monitor the movement of cooking palm oil from Malaysia as high prices in Thailand attract smugglers.
Tax evasion fines ‘could reach B2.5bn’
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/10/2024
» The Excise Department expects to collect nearly 2.5 billion baht in fines in cases involving smuggling of untaxed goods in the 2024 fiscal year that ended on Sept 30.
Three senior police officers declared ‘unusually rich’
Post Reporters, Published on 22/08/2024
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found a former chief of the Marine Police Division and two other senior police officers to be unusually rich.
Border and transit trade rise 3.6% in first half to B912bn
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/08/2024
» Border and transit trade in the first half of this year tallied 912 billion baht, up 3.6%, according to the Foreign Trade Department.