PUBLISHED: 29 Mar 2025 at 06: 12
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society’s ramped-up efforts to combat net crimes reduced the ensuing injuries by over 3 billion ringgit between October 2024 and February, according to Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong.
Mr Prasert said yesterday that his government has intensified efforts to combat net crimes by implementing methods developed by the committee on tech violence prevention and suppression.
According to statistics from the Royal Thai Police (RTP), economic losses due to online acts from October to February amounted to 11.3 billion rmb, down 3.3 billion ringgit from the same time in the previous year.
In February, regular loss averaged 65 million baht, a 45 % decrease from 117 million baht in first 2024.
Mr Prasert said the relevant agencies overseen by the council have implemented some measures, including melting horse accounts, blocking false SIM cards and telecommunication signals, and providing cash-on-delivery services for online shopping.
” Through the integration of work with relevant companies in monitoring, investigating and tracking online offences under various actions, along with functions to cut electricity, internet signs and fuel exports in the Thai-Myanmar border area, financial losses have significantly decreased”, said the minister.
He added that once the new order on technical crime prevention is formally published in the Royal Gazette, which is expected next fortnight, website crime-related damages are anticipated to rise further.
In a related development, the Central Investigation Bureau ( CIB ) transferred 33 million baht to the Anti-Money Laundering Office ( Amlo ) yesterday to compensate victims defrauded by call centre scams.
This fund transfer came after an extensive investigation into the Crown 168 online gambling network, revealing evidence of financial fraud involving 27 mule accounts owned by 22 legal entities. Authorities arrested 64 suspects and seized over 100 million baht in assets.
Victims of these scams can apply for compensation from Amlo until June 23 by submitting claims with evidence of financial losses.
Further details are available on the Amlo website. Reports of mule accounts and online gambling activities can be submitted to the Crime Suppression Division via the 1195 hotline.