DSI Participated in C-MEX24

DSI Participated in C-MEX24

          The Office of the National Security Council, in cooperation with the Royal Thai Armed Forces, conducted an emergency response and crisis management exercise to address terrorism under the National Crisis Management Exercise 2024 (C-MEX24) from August 19-23, 2024. The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) was one of the 64 agencies invited to participate in the exercise, aimed at enhancing preparedness and testing integrated response mechanisms for national threats. Among the DSI participants were Lieutenant Commander Thakollaphop Kaomoolkadi, Head of the Transnational Organized Crime Intelligence Center (TOCIC), Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime Bureau, participating in the policy-level exercise at the Office of the National Security Council. Additionally, Major Akarin Latthasaksiri, Deputy Director of the Illegal Financial Business Bureau; Lieutenant Colonel Napolpong Kamolas, Senior Professional-Level Special Case Officer; and Mr. Utshe Fongon, Practitioner-Level Special Case Officer, participated in the emergency response exercise in Chiang Rai Province.

          During the exercise, participants gained knowledge and skills in operational procedures upon integration assignment and countermeasures for national-level violent incidents, situation reports, decision-making at various levels of violence, procedures for territorial handover, and inter-agency coordination. The trainees also demonstrated their abilities to gather facts and evidence to utilize special tools under the Special Case Investigation Act, which effectively contribute to decision-making by commanders or authorities in law enforcement during crises, from normal situations to critical ones involving international terrorism and threats from transnational and hybrid crimes. These efforts help ensure the DSI’s readiness and maintain public confidence.