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Thailand is revising its immigration legislation to expedite the removal of foreign offenders, addressing delays that have left detainees in custody for extended periods. The overhaul follows concerns about security gaps created by a 60-day visa exemption scheme.
Ho Chi Minh City police have dismantled criminal networks smuggling foreign nationals into Vietnam to establish online fraud operations, arresting 26 suspects and seizing hundreds of computers and mobile phones across eight cases.
Japanese authorities have arrested Hu Shi, a senior executive of the Cambodia-based Prince Holding Group, alongside two accomplices for submitting false residential documents. The syndicate is sanctioned by the US and Britain for operating large-scale scam compounds.
Thailand is implementing an integrated security strategy combining the Shield database for international crime intelligence with AI surveillance through IBOC to combat transnational crime networks, scams, and human trafficking while protecting its vital tourism sector.
Police in Vietnam's Phu Tho province have charged four individuals, including a Chinese national, for plotting to relocate an online scam operation from Cambodia. The operation was dismantled before becoming operational.
ASEAN police forces are strengthening cross-border cooperation and developing specialized training to combat online scam syndicates relocating to countries like Laos and Sri Lanka as regional pressure mounts.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged ASEAN and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to combine efforts in combating cross-border crime and advancing energy cooperation, leveraging existing frameworks to achieve measurable results.
Thai authorities have arrested a 39-year-old Japanese man accused of leading a large-scale call-centre scam operation based in Poipet, Cambodia. The suspect faces fraud charges in Japan and is suspected of orchestrating phone scams that defrauded victims of billions of yen.
Scam networks are shifting operations to Sri Lanka after authorities in Cambodia intensified crackdowns. The island's visa-free entry, modern telecoms and informal money systems make it an attractive base for transnational fraud gangs.
Thai police have rescued a 21-year-old Chinese student who was manipulated by scammers into staging her own abduction in Bangkok to extort ransom from her Hong Kong family.
Thailand's police leadership has called on Cambodia to confront intelligence showing large-scale online scam operations are headquartered within Cambodian territory, challenging remarks by Cambodia's Senate president that blamed foreign transit routes.
Singapore police arrested over 130 people as part of a two-month regional operation tackling transnational scams. The crackdown, involving 10 territories, led to 3,018 arrests and recovered over US$161 million in illicit funds.