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Slain model not ‘forced’ to go to Myanmar, Thai officials say
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 21/10/2025
» Thailand’s Immigration Bureau has denied reports that a Belarusian model who travelled to Bangkok for work was “forced” to go to Myanmar, where she was reportedly killed by a scam gang who then sold her organs on the black market.
Amnesty: Cambodia enabling ‘brutal’ scam industry
Published on 26/06/2025
» The human rights group Amnesty International has accused Cambodia’s government of “deliberately ignoring” abuses by cybercrime gangs that have trafficked people from across the world, including children, into slavery at brutal scam compounds.
Thailand mulls wall on Cambodia border as scam centre crackdown widens
Bangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 03/03/2025
» Thailand will study the feasibility of building a wall along part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said on Monday.
Police to probe officers’ links to scammers
WASSAYOS NGAMKHAM and MONGKOL BANGPRAPA, Published on 12/02/2025
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has set up a committee to investigate alleged links between senior officers and criminal activity in Myanmar.
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.
How to bring 'slave master' lenders to heel
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Wassayos Ngamkham, Supoj Wancharoen and Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 10/12/2023
» The scale of Thailand's informal debt has captured the government's attention, prompting it to declare the matter a national agenda issue and roll out a nationwide programme for debtors to register for help.
Loan sharks now targeted by Srettha
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/12/2023
» The government has declared a crackdown on illegal loans and loan sharks as a national priority.
PM calls time on illegal loan sharks
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/11/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has declared tackling loan sharks and the problems they cause a national priority, and likened the situation some of their victims find themselves in to a form of modern-day slavery.
Thai brides flee as sweet talk sours
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/07/2023
» Women hired to marry Chinese men risk breaking the law both in China and Thailand, warned the police on Saturday.
Sweatshop probe called a 'sham'
Online Reporters, Published on 05/01/2023
» Police have have been accused of conducting a “sham” investigation into alleged forced labour at a Mae Sot garment factory that formerly supplied the Tesco retail chain, after officials took just one day to conclude no laws were broken.