Not long ago, something big happened in Thailand. On March 28th, the Thai police officers were so busy that they raided several telecom fraud dens in Nakhon Si Thammarat, and guess what? 71 people were caught engaging in fraud, and these people are not local, some are from China and some from Thailand.
This is not a small matter, they also found a lot of stolen goods, what computers, mobile phones, bank passbooks, the number is terrifying, there are more than 200 computers, more than 1,000 mobile phones, and nearly 100 passbooks.
This is not an ordinary petty theft, these people are engaged in transnational telecommunications fraud, which has risen to the level of transnational crime.
Thailand's police department also took a hard shot, and on April 27, they decided to refer the case to the Cybercrime Investigation Bureau, and more charges were brought against those arrested.
On May 4, the Nakhon Thammarat police station handed over all the documents and stolen goods to the Cybercrime Investigation Bureau.
However, this matter is not over, and what is even more surprising is that there are also politicians involved behind it. It is said that the mastermind behind this fraud ring may be the family of a politician in Nakhon Si Tat Province.
This is a bit more complicated, because the politician is not only associated with senior officials in the police department, but also often appears with politicians at the national level. This begs the question, how deep is the water?
The case has attracted the attention of the Thai House of Commons, who have set up a special committee to investigate the matter.
The committee's mandate is to focus on national security, border affairs, national strategy and national reform, so their attention to this case is not casual.
But to be honest, although this thing sounds scary, the most important thing for us ordinary people is to be vigilant and not let ourselves become victims of fraud.
Now that cybercrime is becoming more and more sophisticated, we need to be careful.
For example, if you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from a bank or a police officer who says there is a problem with your account and asks you to provide personal information, you have to be careful, this is a scam nine times out of ten.
And I think this is a reminder that the government and relevant departments need to step up their efforts to crack down on cybercrime. Cybercrime is becoming more and more rampant, and if effective measures are not taken, the consequences will be unimaginable.
I think we need to strengthen cross-border cooperation first, because cybercrime knows no borders. Second, the legal system must be improved, and those who engage in fraud must be severely punished.
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