The DSI attended the meeting with the DES, cyber agencies, and financial institutions to expedite the prevention and suppression of cyber crimes, discuss development of Banking system, and follow up on the progress of the Emergency Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression, B.E. 2566 (2023)

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The DSI attended the meeting with the DES, cyber agencies, and financial institutions to expedite the prevention and suppression of cyber crimes, discuss development of Banking system, and follow up on the progress of the Emergency Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression, B.E. 2566 (2023)

 

       On June 23rd, 2023, Police Major Suriya Singhakamol, the Director General of Department of Special Investigation (DSI), assigned Mr. Khemachart Prakaihongmanee, Director of the Bureau of Technology and Cyber Crime, DSI to attend the Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression Committee Meeting No. 2/2566, in order to expedite all relevant agencies to suppress cyber crimes. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Digital Economy and Society, accompanied by Professor Wisit Wisitsora-At (Permanent Secretary for Digital Economy and Society), Police General Damrongsak Kittiprapas (Commissioner General of the Royal Thai Police), Police Major General Eakkarak Limsunggas (Deputy Secretary General of Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)), Police Lieutenant General Worawat Watnakornbancha (Commissioner of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau), Police Lieutenant General Surapol Prembutr (Commissioner attached to the Office of the Commissioner General), Commander Saktipong Sibmuenpiam (Director of Cyber Watch Section, National Cyber Security Agency), various financial institutions, and other related agencies to follow up on the progress of actions related to the Emergency Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression, B.E. 2566 (2023) and consider the processes involved in intercepting suspicious transactions and channels for providing convenient and rapid services to the public.

The meeting considered important issues in solving cyber crime problems, such as

  • When there is a reasonable suspicion of financial institutions, by specifying reasonable suspicion of financial transactions that may be carried out by fraudsters
  • When there is a reasonable suspicion of the telecommunications service provider that may be carried out by fraudsters
  • The Bank of Thailand and the Thai Bankers' Association are required to expedite the development of a system for exchanging information between financial institutions, business operators, and relevant agencies
  • The Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will accelerate the development of a system for exchanging information between telecommunications service providers to be used in the prevention and suppression of cyber crimes
  • The development of the Banking System to be connected to the ITMX system of financial institutions
  • The AMLO and the DSI will consider channels for reporting suspicious incidents and exchanging information with financial institutions
  • The Banking system of the Royal Thai Police will connect with the NBTC’s information exchange system in order to receive reports of suspicious incidents
  • The methods and channels of financial institutions to receive reports from victims, with the agencies working together in accordance with the Emergency Decree
  • The establishment of a public-private joint operations center is aimed at providing a framework for preventing and combating mule accounts and mule SIM cards, as well as promoting awareness for the public to strengthen public resilience in preventing cyber crimes, by both public and private sector agencies