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Police put to the test
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/12/2025
» In 2025, Thailand faced a convergence of crimes and scandals that shook public confidence in institutions meant to protect society. From a deadly mass shooting in Bangkok to sprawling online scam networks, monk misconduct and a senior police scandal, the year exposed deep vulnerabilities linked to crime, governance and accountability, leaving lingering questions about reform and public trust.
Tougher action vowed against scams, no leniency says Anutin
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 03/12/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Wednesday promised that his government would continuously expand its scam suppression after the huge seizure of assets worth about 10 billion baht from major suspects linked to Cambodia.
Big cyber gambling network busted
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/02/2021
» Thirty-four members of a cyber crime ring running online casinos with over one billion baht in circulation have been arrested during police raids in Bangkok and six provinces.
6 top cops shunted after raid
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 30/12/2020
» The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) Division 2 commissioner, the head of Thung Song Hong police station in Bangkok and four other senior police officials at the station have been transferred, following a crackdown on a major illegal casino in their jurisdiction.
150 arrested in Bangkok club raid
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/12/2020
» About 150 Thai and foreign customers were arrested at a club operating after hours off Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok's Watthana district in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Russian's arrest part of global dark-web crackdown
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/02/2018
» The arrest in Bangkok of a Russian cyber gangster believed to run the dark criminal website known as Infraud was part of a huge US-led crackdown on transnational crime, and he will be extradited, according to a senior officer of the Crime Suppression Division.