THAI villagers in Tak province today (Oct. 7) found the bodies of a Chinese man and woman that had floated down Moei river and washed up on the Thai bank from the location of a new scam city south of Myawaddy town on the Myanmar side, TV Channel 7 said. These villagers, in Phop
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Rescued scam centre victim warns of beatings, organ sales
THAI authorities crossed over to Cambodia’s Kong Kong province to receive 32 Thais who had escaped from scam centres in the neighbouring country and upon crossing back to Thailand one of them warned of terrible conditions including being beaten to death and sale of organs, PPTVHD36 said yesterday (Jan. 31). Ms. Kalaya Prasitphak, district
Read moreTwo victims of frozen accounts lodge complaints
SOCIAL activists brought two victims of bank accounts being frozen for months on suspicion of being linked to money-muling to file complaints at the police headquarters today (Sep. 15), Amarin TV said. Dr. Thanakun Jit-Issara, president of the Santi Prachadham Club, and Ms. Chalida Palamat, or Ton Or, president of Be One Foundation, said
Read moreCyber Police in about-face on scam workers: Most were trafficked
THE Cyber Police said most of the 260 scam workers who have been screened are victims with only two to three having volunteered to work for the call-centre criminals rather just one of them being trafficked as earlier stated, Amarin TV said today (Feb. 17). Pol. Lt. Gen. Trairong Phiwphan, head of the Technology
Read moreOnly 1% of returning scam centre workers are victims: Police
A SENIOR police officer said only 1% of workers at scam hubs in neighbouring countries were lured by the gangsters with the rest having willingly joined their transnational criminal bosses in scamming victims worldwide, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Feb. 13). Pol. Gen. Thatchai Pitaneelabut, head of the Centre for the Protection of Children,
Read more7,000 scam hub victims being sent to Thailand from Myanmar
AS MANY AS 7,000 victims of call centre gangs holed up along the Thai-Myanmar border are being released and sent across to Thailand on top of 261 who did so today (Feb. 12), Amarin TV said, Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumthan Wechayachai said he got word of 261 scam operation victims coming across at
Read more8 women among 61 scam centre victims released as minister visits Mae Sot
AMONG the 61 victims from seven countries lured to work at the scam hub in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, opposite Thailand’s Mae Sot town, released today (Feb. 6) are eight women, Naewna newspaper said, Rachamanu Task Force revealed that the 61 victims who had been working at the notorious Shwe Kokko scam centre in Myawaddy
Read moreWorking women are the biggest target of cyberattacks
LATEST POLICE statistics show two out of three cybercrime victims who reported to police from March 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024 were working women in the 22-59 age bracket and not the elderly and youths who are frequently in the news after being scammed, TV Channel 7 said today (July 29). Pol. Maj.
Read moreCentral bank says Thais among top target of cyber criminals in Asia
THE BANK of Thailand revealed that Thais are among cyber criminals favourite targets in Asia and as these scammers continuously come up with new tactics it led to a total of 56,746 online fraud cases in January this year with 3.981 billion baht being stolen, Matichon newspaper said today (Mar. 24). Mr. Pinyo Tripetcharaporn,
Read more60 unidentified bodies of Asians in Israel
ISRAELI ambassador Mrs. Orna Sagiv has told a senior Labour Ministry official that there are 60 bodies of foreigners killed in the war with Hamas, all Asians, that have still to be identified, TV Channel 7 said today (Nov. 1). Speaking to reporters after receiving the bodies of 11 Thai workers, Labour Ministry permanent-secretary
Read moreForeign divers searching for Koh Samui ferry disaster victims
FOREIGN DIVING instructors based on Koh Tao are today (August 5) helping search for three missing persons in the sinking of a ferry off Koh Samui last Saturday night, Amarin TV reported. Racha 4 garbage ferry, which had been leased to carry three 10-wheel trucks and a pickup truck, was crossing over from the island
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