5 agencies team up to fight scams

Five state agencies are joining forces to suppress illegal financial transactions and money laundering along the nation’s borders, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said on Wednesday.

The five agencies are the Royal Thai Police (RTP), the Revenue Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) and the Bank of Thailand (BoT).

Ms Traisuree said the RTP reported on progress made in cooperation with the other agencies in carrying out the task under the policy of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to suppress and prevent all forms of scams, including those made by call centre gangs and suppress transaction routes operating from border…