Thailand is fully launching a transnational campaign against fraud. Recently, the Royal Thai Police announced that the "Anti-Fraud and Anti-Human Trafficking War Room" will be officially established within July, and will cooperate deeply with Interpol, targeting cross-border fraud and human trafficking groups based in Cambodia and other locations. The Thai government has set a goal: to reduce the number of related cases nationwide by more than half within three months.
On July 2, General Tatchai Pitanilab, the National Police Inspector General and Director of the Center for Combating Technical Crimes, traveled to Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France, to submit a report on combating fraud and discuss details of cooperation. He pointed out that the transnational fraud organizations currently rampant around Thailand, especially within Cambodia, pose a serious threat to national security and economic order, and urgently require international cooperation to suppress them.
According to estimates by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), up to sixty percent of illegal income in Cambodia may come from tele-fraud and trafficking activities. Interpol immediately expressed support, promising to send a team of experts to Thailand and provide the War Room with a complete set of intelligence analysis tools and operational support.
The Thai police stated that after the War Room is operational, it will become the first transnational anti-fraud platform in Southeast Asia. It will share intelligence in real time, assist in locating fraud suspects, freeze their overseas assets, and initiate international warrants. The involvement of Interpol means that the anti-fraud operations will have global tracking and combating capabilities.
Tatchai emphasized: "We will not allow Thailand to continue to be a transit hub for fraud groups." He revealed that in the future, the War Room will also monitor financial flows, communication data, and personnel movements, comprehensively blocking money laundering channels and criminal chains.
The project's preparatory work is nearing completion, and the law enforcement cooperation mechanism is rapidly being implemented. As technical tele-fraud methods continue to evolve and Southeast Asia becomes a hotbed for fraud, Thailand's actions not only demonstrate a firm determination to combat transnational crime but also send a clear signal: no corner can remain a "safe zone" for fraud. The countdown phase of the transnational anti-fraud battle has begun.
