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Japan agrees to help tackle phone scams
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/09/2025
» Osaka: Thai police will work with their counterparts in Japan to crack down on international call scammer gangs operating in the region, drawing on advanced technology and other advances to keep up with online crime.
Ex-yakuza arrested for scam links
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/03/2025
» A Japanese man believed to run call-centre scam gangs in Cambodia and Vietnam has been arrested for a string of crimes in his home country following a police raid on a rented house in Bangkok.
Japanese scam gang boss collared at Bangkok airport
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/01/2025
» One more Japanese man who is believed to be a former member of the yakuza has been arrested in connection with a busted call centre gang in Thailand, the Immigration Bureau said on Wednesday.
Japanese phone scam crims arrested in Pattaya
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/12/2024
» PATTAYA - Immigration police have arrested five Japanese men allegedly operating a call scam centre that has been defrauding elderly Japanese out of about 5 million baht a day.
Two alleged yakuza held for abduction, extortion
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/11/2024
» Two Japanese men accused of abducting a compatriot and extorting money from him before physically assaulting and forcing him to eat faeces have been arrested at a resort in Chon Buri.
Two 'yakuza' caught in Laos
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/06/2024
» Two Japanese men with possible links to the yakuza, who are prime suspects in the murder and dismemberment of their compatriot whose remains were found in Nonthaburi province in April, were caught in Laos on Thursday.
Warrants out for yakuza pair sought for murder
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/04/2024
» Arrest warrants have been issued for two Japanese men accused of killing a compatriot in Nonthaburi. Police suspect all three have links to a big yakuza syndicate.
Yakuza suspected of dismembering countryman
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/04/2024
» Two Japanese men are prime suspects in the murder and dismemberment of their compatriots whose remains were found in Nonthaburi province last week.
Hells Angels, yakuza suspects arrested
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/12/2023
» Immigration police have arrested an Australian suspected to be a Hells Angels member and two Japanese men believed to be connected with the yakuza gang. All the three were being sought for many crimes.
Ex-Yakuza cuffed for medical glove fraud
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/11/2021
» A Japanese man said to be a former Yakuza gangster, was arrested twice over the past week on suspicion of rubber glove fraud reportedly worth 286 million baht.