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'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.
Police step up nominee holding cases on Koh Samui, Koh Phangan
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 13/10/2025
» The Royal Thai Police are intensifying investigations into alleged nominee land holdings by foreigners on Koh Samui and Koh Phangan in Surat Thani, a practice that may threaten economic security, especially in key tourist areas.
Two Israeli men arrested with fake US dollar bills on Koh Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 12/10/2025
» SURAT THANI: Two Israeli men were arrested with fake US dollar bills totalling US$5,653 after they exchanged some of them for Thai baht at Samui airport.
Fake doctor with long rap sheet arrested at Bangkok clinic
Online Reporters, Published on 05/09/2025
» Bangkok police have arrested a 74-year-old man who had been masquerading as a licensed doctor for years, using forged documents to secure part-time work at medical clinics in several provinces.
Scam gang targeting Australians busted in Thailand
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/06/2025
» Thai police have arrested 13 foreign nationals accused of running a call centre scam that defrauded Australian nationals out of about 32 million baht over the past year.
UK murder investigation tied to 2012 Pattaya assault
Online Reporters, Published on 12/03/2025
» Detectives investigating the murder of a British man who died after a serious assault in Thailand 13 years ago are appealing for new information about the case.
Suspect in Thai woman’s murder in London ‘has fled UK’
Online Reporters, Published on 19/04/2024
» A suspect linked to the murder of a young Thai woman who was found stabbed to death in London is believed to have fled abroad, according to UK media reports.
Police accused of rape, extortion of woman drug suspect
Post Reporters, Published on 12/12/2023
» Seven police detectives in Pathum Thani have been transferred to inactive posts pending an investigation into the alleged rape and extortion of a woman drug suspect.
Paedophile nabbed in Thailand gets 30 years in UK
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/07/2023
» A former children’s entertainer extradited from Thailand to the United Kingdom was jailed on Monday for 30 years for multiple sex offences involving children.
National Environment Board bans burning across North
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 16/03/2023
» The National Environment Board (NEB) on Wednesday backed stronger measures to deal with air pollution from fine particle matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5). It ordered all 17 provinces in the North to cease burning activities until the end of April.