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True Corp backs police drive against cross-border scam networks
Published on 03/02/2026
» True Corporation is supporting Royal Thai Police efforts to strengthen cybersecurity, with senior executives meeting the commissioner-general to exchange intelligence and coordinate action against transnational scam operations.
Call-centre gangs shift to using corporate accounts
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/01/2026
» The Anti-Online Scam Centre (ACSC) has uncovered a new operational model used by call-centre gangs, which have shifted from using individual mule accounts to corporate "mule accounts" to defraud victims, evade scrutiny, and launder larger sums of money, police said.
Meta targets AI-driven scams in Asia
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/12/2025
» Meta has released its latest Adversarial Threat Report, outlining large-scale efforts to combat online scams across the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region and address the growing threat of AI-enabled criminal activity, while working closely with law enforcement agencies in multiple countries.
Scam centre explosions ‘all for show’
The New York Times, Published on 29/11/2025
» For a compound that hosted one of the largest cyberscam and human-trafficking hubs in Southeast Asia, KK Park operated in plain sight. It was pretty clear that this was no ordinary business — the heavily fortified compound in Myanmar was flanked by armed guards. It was all visible from neighbouring Mae Sot in Thailand.
Senate panel pushes for removal of illegal towers
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 12/11/2025
» The Senate committee on natural resources and environment has urged strict enforcement of forest laws to remove illegal telecom towers aiding cross-border scam networks along the border areas.
55 shops axed from co-pay programme
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/11/2025
» The Finance Ministry has barred 55 shops from participating in the Khon La Khrueng Plus co-payment scheme for violating the rules, spokesman Vinit Visessuvanapoom said on Saturday.
Thais decry ‘sovereignty’ comment by Chinese envoy to Cambodia
Online Reporters, Published on 09/10/2025
» A social media post by the Chinese ambassador to Cambodia has stirred up a storm of criticism from Thais after he reaffirmed Beijing’s unwavering support for Phnom Penh in “safeguarding its sovereignty”.
Woman linked to B5-billion laundering network arrested in Bangkok
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/10/2025
» Police in Bangkok have arrested a 55-year-old woman accused of opening bank accounts for a transnational money laundering network that had more than 5 billion baht in circulation.
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.
Accused scammers who targeted Australians remanded in custody
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/06/2025
» Thirteen foreign nationals accused of running a scam call centre in Thailand that targeted Australians have been remanded in custody after appearing in the Criminal Court in Bangkok on Wednesday.