As Myanmar’s authorities increase their crackdown on transnational crime syndicates close to the Thai border, according to the Royal Thai Police (RTP ) estimates that 10,000 foreign nationals will be rescued from call scam centers there.
According to Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, director of the RTP’s Anti-Human Trafficking Center and Police Cyber Taskforce, Thai authorities are negotiating with Myanmar counterparts under the National Referral Mechanism ( NRM ) framework to identify and transport human trafficking and call center con artists to their nations.
He claimed that Thailand acts as a coach just, and that complaints may be made to Myanmar authorities if they are flagged as victims and want to file legal action against traffickers or scammers.
He addressed issues relating to call center scams and human trafficking close to the Thai border at a conference held at the RTP office in Bangkok on Monday. Representatives from international diplomats, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and the US Embassy’s Homeland Security Investigations company were present.
Participants at the meeting shared information to identify the areas of the scammers and identify patients from the culprits, according to Pol Gen Thatchai.
He continued, adding that the RTP has established an online software to collaborate with offices in battling scammers and smugglers.
However, Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Monday that the appearance and actions of China’s Assistant Minister for Public Security, Liu Zhongyi, are part of a three-country joint functioning against Chinese call-scam groups based in Myanmar.
Mr. Phumtham reacted to censure that China was evading Thai authorities by bringing back Chinese who had been duped into working for gangsters in Myanmar’s near the Thai borders.
” Thailand, Myanmar and China have been collaborating on this subject for two times”, said Mr Phumtham, who also serves as deputy prime minister.
He claimed that Mr. Liu and the Myanmar’s home affairs minister had spoken about the combined activity and that they would meet again on Wednesday to discuss how it was proceeding.
A group of Chinese who had been rescued from Myanmar’s call-scam centers may travel to Thailand and then China, he said. But first, they will have to complete techniques in Myanmar.
He claimed that during the procedure, gang members may be separated and detained.
According to Mr. Phumtham, the anti-scam functioning began with the Myanmar authorities and ethnic groups being forced to shut down the country’s scam gangs, and the first strategy was successful.
In Kanchanaburi, sources said that personnel from the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army ( DKBA ) arrested 86 Chinese people suspected of operating call scams in Payathonzu township, opposite tambon Nong Lu of Sangkhla Buri district, on Sunday.
They were detained at a location where a gambling-related website store was active.
According to sources, the activity was a part of the DKBA’s plan to eliminate scams in its place by the end of this month.
Thai safety members observed the procedure.