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Police thwart drug money laundering op
News, Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 17/10/2019
» Police arrested six people during raids in Samut Prakan and Nonthaburi provinces and seized assets worth about 100 million baht yesterday, in an operation aimed at suspects in the laundering of a billion baht of drug traffickers' money.
Casino colony
Asia focus, Published on 26/08/2019
» Cambodia's growing ties with China have made the latter by far the biggest and most influential investor in the country. Chinese money has been pouring in, particularly to the southern coastal city of Sihanoukville where Chinese-run casinos are mushrooming, with many more planned and a lot that also have online gambling operations.
Journalism on trial in Guatemala
Oped, Published on 01/08/2023
» July 29 marks the first anniversary of the arrest of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora. As the founder and editor of the newspaper elPeriódico, Zamora spent decades uncovering political corruption before being arrested on fabricated money-laundering charges. In June, he was handed a six-year prison sentence, but the prosecution, insisting on a 40-year term, is expected to appeal. The harsher punishment, prosecutors say, would compensate those whose "name and reputation" have been tarnished by Zamora and his publication. Their real goal is to deter other journalists from following in Zamora's footsteps.
Stark Corp suspects face huge asset seizures
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/04/2024
» Public prosecutors will petition the Civil Court for the confiscation of additional assets worth almost 3 billion baht from individuals tied to scandal-hit Stark Corporation, according to a senior official of the Office of the Attorney General.
Shock without substance
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 13/05/2022
» The crime drama rollercoaster Ozark finally ended after four exhilarating seasons. The story revolves around financial adviser Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman) and his wife Wendy (Laura Linney) who move the family from Chicago to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, to run a money-laundering scheme for a Mexican drug cartel, only to become deeply entangled with local criminals and later the Kansas City Mafia.
Smart launderers, even smarter investigators
Published on 20/12/2019
» The development pace of new money laundering techniques is staggering. Fortunately, it doesn’t happen in a vacuum: new counter-measures are on the rise too.
Eastern raids net cash, drugs, exotic cats
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/03/2021
» Officials have cracked down on the largest narcotics ring in the eastern region and confiscated 120 million baht in cash and assets, believed to be used in money laundering, Pol Lt Gen Chinnaphat Sarasin, assistant national police chief, said yesterday.
What reputation?
Postbag, Published on 24/03/2024
» Re: "RTP rift probe 'will find truth'", (BP, March 22).
Thailand gains access to XTransfer platform
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 28/03/2024
» XTransfer, a Chinese fintech unicorn, has expanded its business-to-business (B2B) cross-border trade payment platform to Thailand to capitalise on global trade conducted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Sutin urged to resolve land dispute
News, Published on 02/03/2024
» The Royal Thai Survey Department (RTSD) has proposed that Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang give disputed land to Khao Yai National Park, which it had designated for land reform, a source has said.