DSI established 3 centers to cover its newly-assigned missions and raise its standards of investigation and inquiry to be equivalent to the FBI’s

DSI established 3 centers to cover its newly-assigned missions and raise its standards of investigation and inquiry to be equivalent to the FBI’s

       The cabinet made resolution to issue ministerial regulations prescribing additional offences eligible to be investigated as special cases by assigning the Department of Special Investigation to be responsible for the investigation into offences related to narcotics, usury or illegal money lending and child pornography pursuant to the criminal code to be under the DSI’s investigation in accordance with the Special Case Investigation Act, B.E. 2547 (2004). The details of the offences according to the law shall later be prescribed in the DSI’s duties and powers.

       To push the new missions forward, Mr. Triyarith Temahivong, DSI Director-General, therefore ordered 3 Bureau-level centers to be established under the direct supervision of the Director-General.

       1. Center for Countering Narcotics Trafficking with its duties to prevent, suppress and investigate special cases related to the offences under the Narcotics Code, etc.

       2. Center for Countering Child Sexual Abuse with its duties to prevent, suppress and investigate special cases related to child pornography according to the criminal code and other relevant laws, etc.

      3. Center for Countering Illegal Money Lending with its duties to prevent, suppress and investigate special cases related to the offences under the anti-usury law.

       Besides, changes have been made so that DSI’s bureaus have duties and powers to prosecute criminal money laundering with the predicate offences under their responsibility in a fast and efficient manner. Also, the center for financial tracing and criminal money laundering was established to support other agencies on criminal money laundering prosecution. The Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime was assigned to study the operating procedures and quality assurance system of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as development guidelines for DSI.

       Thus, abovementioned efforts are in line with policy guidelines for Fiscal Year 2023 prescribed by the DSI Director-General Mr. Triyarith Temahivong on 5 aspects.

       1. To focus on the proceeds of crime related to money laundering offences, seize the property to break the cycle of offences, especially narcotics offences

       2. To minimize the time spent on conducting investigation and inquiry with increased application of technology

       3. To raise investigation and inquiry standards to be equivalent to the FBI’s

       4. To apply soft power of the agency to prevent and suppress crime, and to ensure justice

    5. To push forward the proposal to elevate the DSI’s status to that of an agency under direct supervision of the Prime Minister

Dated October 26, 2022