With scams proliferating far faster than they can possibly be policed, Thailand’s finest today announced that people can now lodge cybercrime complaints online.
Created in collaboration with banks and financial institutions, the ThaiPoliceOnline.com will help speed investigation of cyber crimes – especially those involving fraudulent financial transactions, the police said.
National police chief Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk said the new page would reduce waiting times at overtaxed police stations, as well as help banks detect suspicious money transfers.
Of course, it might also help if the police weren’t tied up investigating every rude post, negative hotel review, human rights defender or taunt aimed at el dictador considered a “cyber crime” under its expansive legal definition.
But we digress. The new site sounds like a way to filter some of the…
