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Thai drug kingpin with B1m bounty extradited from Korea
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/04/2026
» A fugitive Thai drug kingpin with a 1-million-baht bounty, who was wanted under 60 arrest warrants and played dead, was arrested in South Korea and extradited to Thailand on Tuesday.
Online scams targeting smaller victims on the rise
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/04/2026
» The Anti-Cyber Scam Centre (ACSC) recorded 7,366 online crime cases over the past week, with losses exceeding 407 million baht, as authorities warned of a shift towards smaller individual targets and a rise in job-related scams.
Six people arrested over fake ID scheme
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/04/2026
» Six people, including a deputy district chief and staff at the Wang Noi district office in Ayutthaya, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a corruption scheme that illegally issued identification cards to foreign nationals.
Chinese-controlled coconut firms keeping Thai farmers poor
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/03/2026
» Police say that Chinese companies hiding behind Thai nominees illegally control aromatic coconut production in Ratchaburi province, hurt Thai farmers by keeping farm prices very low, and make huge profits from exports.
Police officer seeks Office of the Attorney General data probe
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/02/2026
» A Technology Crime Investigation Division officer has petitioned the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) to investigate a Northeast deputy provincial prosecutor for allegedly ordering unlawful searches of his personal records.
Retiree duped out of B24m in ‘high-yield’ investment scam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/02/2026
» A 75-year-old retired civil servant lost almost 24 million baht to an online investment scam that hijacked the name of a popular restaurant brand and used the Line messaging app to attract victims.
17 Chinese sneaking into Thailand arrested at Bangkok hotel
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 11/02/2026
» Seventeen Chinese nationals were arrested at a Bangkok hotel on Tuesday after entering Thailand illegally from Cambodia, having fled the neighbouring country after scam centres were reportedly shut down.
'Mule' accounts proliferate
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/01/2026
» The term "mule account" -- once obscure, now widely recognised -- has become synonymous with financial crime in Thailand.
DSI raids locations tied to iris scanning and crypto
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/01/2026
» Officials from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Thursday raided five locations in Bangkok linked to an iris-scanning cryptocurrency initiative suspected of illegally harvesting personal data from 1.2 million Thai citizens.
Foreigners linked to scams cuffed
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/12/2025
» Fourteen South Korean and three Chinese suspects linked to a major transnational call centre syndicate operated by South Koreans, who fled neighbouring countries to set up offices in Bangkok condominiums, have been arrested.