DSI and the Netherlands National Police Corps jointly signed the Letter of Intent on Combating Transnational Crime

DSI and the Netherlands National Police Corps jointly signed the Letter of Intent on Combating Transnational Crime

On May 25, 2018, 10.30 am., at the Headquarters of the Netherlands' National Police Corps (Korps Nationale Politie (KNP)) in the Hague, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the DSI's Director-General Pol.Col. Paisit Wongmuang and the KNP's representative Ms. Lisette Heerze jointly signed the Letter of Intent on Combating Transnational Crime between the Department of Special Investigation and the Netherlands' National Police Corps, witnessed by the DSI's Deputy Director-General Pol.Col. Songsak Raksaksakul and the KNP's executives and officers.

The purpose of the Letter of Intent is to strengthen their cooperation in exchanging information and operational coordinating for law enforcement and the fight against diverse forms of transnational crime prioritized by both agencies, namely, human trafficking, immigrant smuggling, child sexual exploitation (including child sex tourism), outlaw motorcycle gang, money laundering, and terrorism. The DSI and the KNP have been closely cooperating, leading to the success in investigations and apprehensions of offenders, especially foreign gangs committing child sexual exploitation in Thailand.

The DSI's Director-General and his group also discussed with the KNP's senior executives to determine the approach to collaborate under this letter of Intent and the plan for setting up a Special Investigation Unit (SIU) by integrating work and resources of the DSI, the KNP, and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for more efficient suppression of foreign gangs committing criminal offences, in particular the offence of child sexual exploitation, in Thailand and countries in Southeast Asia.