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Busted phone scam suspects escorted home
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/04/2018
» Eighteen Thai phone scam suspects who were deported from Dubai arrived in Thailand yesterday after a series of raids were carried out on March 19 in the emirate.
Police arrest Nigerian, 3 Thais in latest drug bust
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/03/2018
» Police nabbed a Nigerian and three Thai drug suspects, and seized assets worth more than 16 million baht in the latest crackdown on a transnational crime network.
'Old-school' villainy runs riot
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/03/2018
» The arrest of four Thais embroiled in the abduction of two cosmetics businessmen who were held for a 5-million-baht ransom this month is another case of an "old-school" crime which has affected both Thais and foreigners in Thailand.
Serbian pair fined after temple 'legs' photos spread
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/03/2018
» Two Serbian nationals were yesterday charged with public indecency and fined 5,000 baht each over their taking of inappropriate pictures on the wall of a Phra Ubosot hall in Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, within the precinct of the Grand Palace, said the Tourist Police Bureau (TPB).
Family linked to zero-dollar tours faces tax-evasion charge
Online Reporters, Published on 17/03/2018
» An executive of a business accused of profiting from "zero dollar" tours has been arrested at a house in Taling Chan district of Bangkok for alleged tax evasion worth at least 7.7 billion baht.
Thai, Taiwanese phone-scammers arrested in Malaysia
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 21/02/2018
» Eleven Thais and five Taiwanese were arrested during a raid by Malaysian and Thai police on a commercial building in Kuala Lumpur used as a base by an international gang of phone-scammers.
Bitcoin a godsend for call scams
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/01/2018
» Authorities are meting out measures to prevent further damage after new findings suggest fraudsters in various scams have switched to cryptocurrencies to hide their ill-gotten assets.
Chinese woman held for zero-dollar tours
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/11/2017
» Police have arrested a 43-year-old Chinese national for allegedly using falsified documents to obtain a Thai identification card which was used to open a company running so-called "zero dollar" scam tours.
IS fighters 'probably' in Thailand
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 14/11/2017
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon expressed concern Monday about the risk of Islamic State (IS) fighters and members of other terrorist organisations sneaking into Thailand.
Foreign gangs in government crosshairs
News, Published on 13/11/2017
» Almost 100,000 foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas have been targeted by authorities who are ramping up efforts to weed out transnational criminal gangs from Bangkok and other major tourist provinces.