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DBD and Interior Ministry Crackdown on Nominee Businesses

DBD and Interior Ministry Crackdown on Nominee Businesses

MGR Online•Economy•29m ago

Reader Briefing

The Department of Business Development and the Ministry of Interior have established a collaborative framework to suppress nominee businesses across multiple sectors.

  • •The Department of Business Development and the Ministry of Interior are integrating data to identify and crack down on nominee businesses.
  • •Investigation targets include illegal land holding, hotels, industrial waste plants in Prachinburi, and the misuse of residential addresses for registration.
  • •Authorities are targeting accounting and law firms acting as intermediaries for foreign capital and investigating the misuse of foundations and associations.
  • •A real-time data integration system will be established involving multiple government agencies to increase detection efficiency.

Overview

  • •The Department of Business Development and the Ministry of Interior have defined guidelines to prevent and suppress nominee businesses.
  • •The Ministry of Interior will oversee regional operations and land holding data, while the Department of Business Development will monitor corporate registrations and shareholder structures.
  • •The Department of Business Development is coordinating with the Department of Provincial Administration to screen hotel business license holders for nominee risks.
  • •The Department of Business Development is investigating industrial waste plants in Prachinburi with 100% Thai shareholders but entirely foreign directors.
  • •The Ministry of Interior found foreigners using residential addresses in Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom to register companies without the owners' knowledge.
  • •The Department of Business Development is targeting accounting and law firms that act as intermediaries for nominee businesses.
  • •A draft law is being prepared to increase the strictness of the oversight of foundations used as channels for seeking benefits.
  • •A joint task force and real-time data link will be established between the Ministry of Interior, Department of Business Development, Department of Lands, DSI, AMLO, and the Immigration Bureau.

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Key Quotes

Kittiwat Patchimnan
"The suppression of nominee businesses requires cooperation from all sectors, especially government agencies with different powers and duties."
การปราบปรามธุรกิจนอมินีจำเป็นต้องอาศัยความร่วมมือจากทุกภาคส่วน โดยเฉพาะหน่วยงานภาครัฐที่มีอำนาจหน้าที่แตกต่างกัน

Key Entities

Organization

Department of Business Development(กรมพัฒนาธุรกิจการค้า)
A government agency responsible for corporate registration and the suppression of nominee businesses.
Ministry of Interior(กระทรวงมหาดไทย)ℹ️
A government ministry overseeing regional administration and land holding inspections.
Ministry of Commerce(กระทรวงพาณิชย์)ℹ️
The parent ministry of the Department of Business Development.
Department of Provincial Administration(กรมการปกครอง)ℹ️
The agency providing hotel business license data for nominee screening.
Ministry of Industry(กระทรวงอุตสาหกรรม)ℹ️
A recipient of risk data regarding industrial waste plants for further investigation.
Federation of Accounting Professions(สภาวิชาชีพบัญชีฯ)
The body that receives data on accountants who violate regulations.
Lawyers Council of Thailand(สภาทนายความ)
The agency providing lawyer lists to check links to nominee companies.
Department of Lands(กรมที่ดิน)
An agency involved in the real-time data integration for nominee detection.
Department of Special Investigation (DSI)(กรมสอบสวนคดีพิเศษ (DSI))
An agency involved in the real-time data integration for nominee detection.
Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)(สำนักงานป้องกันและปราบปรามการฟอกเงิน (ปปง.))
An agency involved in the real-time data integration for nominee detection.
Immigration Bureau(สำนักงานตรวจคนเข้าเมือง)
An agency involved in the real-time data integration for nominee detection.

Person

Kittiwat Patchimnan(กิตติวัฒน์ ปัจฉิมนันท์)
Director General of the Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce.
Polphee Suwannachawee(พลพีร์ สุวรรณฉวี)
Deputy Minister of Interior.

Place

Prachinburi Province(จ.ปราจีนบุรี)ℹ️
The location of industrial waste plants under investigation for foreign capital involvement.
Sakon Nakhon Province(จังหวัดสกลนคร)ℹ️
A province where residential addresses were used for unauthorized company registrations.
Nakhon Phanom Province(นครพนม)ℹ️
A province where residential addresses were used for unauthorized company registrations.