Commerce and Interior Ministries combat nominee businesses
Prachachat•Economy•
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Key Entities
Organization
Department of Business Development(กรมพัฒนาธุรกิจการค้า)
An agency under the Ministry of Commerce responsible for checking corporate data and shareholder structures to screen nominee risks.
A ministry responsible for local supervision, administrative data, and land ownership monitoring.
The parent ministry of the Department of Business Development.
Department of Lands(กรมที่ดิน)
An agency involved in the real-time data linking for land ownership checks.
An agency referred to as DSI that will link data in real-time to detect nominee businesses.
Anti-Money Laundering Office(ปปง.)
An agency referred to as AMLO involved in real-time data integration for nominee screening.
Immigration Bureau(สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง)
An agency involved in the real-time data linking process.
Federation of Accounting Professions(สภาวิชาชีพบัญชี)
The body that will take action if accountants or auditors are found to be involved in wrongdoing.
Lawyers Council of Thailand(สภาทนายความ)
The organization the Department of Business Development will coordinate with to obtain lawyer names for investigation.
The agency receiving data to investigate irregular industrial waste plants.
The agency providing hotel business license data to the Department of Business Development.
Person
Kittiwat Patchimnan(นายกิตติวัฒน์ ปัจฉิมนันท์)
Director General of the Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce.
Phonphi Suwannachawi(นายพลพีร์ สุวรรณฉวี)
Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Interior.
Place
The location of industrial waste and treatment plants being investigated for foreign nominee involvement.
A province where residents' addresses were used by foreigners for company registration without permission.
A province where residents' addresses were used by foreigners for company registration without permission.