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Thai Gov Sets Up 4 Central Systems to Combat Online Fraud

Thai Gov Sets Up 4 Central Systems to Combat Online Fraud

MGR Online•Politics•57m ago

Reader Briefing

The Thai government is developing a National Anti-Fraud Master Plan featuring four central systems to track and freeze fraudulent funds more efficiently.

  • •Deputy Government Spokesperson Lalida Periswiwattana announced the initiative on September 16, 2026.
  • •The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Digital Economy and Society are collaborating on a National Anti-Fraud Master Plan.
  • •Four central national systems are being designed to integrate risk data, reporting, fund tracking, and freezing processes.
  • •The subcommittee chaired by Ekniti Nitithanprapas has ordered detailed system designs to be completed within 30 days.

Overview

  • •Lalida Periswiwattana stated that technology criminals now move money through complex layers, digital assets, gold, and foreign currency within hours.
  • •The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society are preparing the National Anti-Fraud Master Plan.
  • •The government is implementing the "One Identity, One Risk Level" system to allow financial institutions and law enforcement to see real-time risk data.
  • •The government is establishing an anonymous financial transaction data center to analyze crime networks and fraud models.
  • •The government is integrating reporting from AOC 1441, financial institutions, and police into a single system with a single reference number.
  • •The government is implementing a system to track moving funds and issue legal freezing orders to increase the chances of victim recovery.
  • •Relevant agencies will upgrade KYC, CDD, and EDD standards to match international financial hubs.
  • •The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance must complete the detailed design of the four systems within 30 days for subcommittee consideration.

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Key Quotes

Lalida Periswiwattana
"Today's challenge is that scammer money moves very fast, so the state must make information move faster than the money."
โจทย์วันนี้คือ เงินมิจฉาชีพเคลื่อนที่เร็วมาก รัฐจึงต้องทำให้ข้อมูลเดินเร็วกว่าเงิน

Key Entities

Person

Lalida Periswiwattana(ลลิดา เพริศวิวัฒนา)
Deputy Government Spokesperson who revealed the government's plan to upgrade the blocking of technology crime fund paths.
Ekniti Nitithanprapas(เอกนิติ นิติทัณฑ์ประภาศ)ℹ️
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance who chairs the subcommittee on linking financial data to upgrade the monitoring of suspicious transactions.

Organization

Ministry of Finance(กระทรวงการคลัง)ℹ️
An organization collaborating with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society to prepare the National Anti-Fraud Master Plan.
Ministry of Digital Economy and Society(กระทรวงดิจิทัลเพื่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคม)ℹ️
An organization collaborating with the Ministry of Finance to prepare the National Anti-Fraud Master Plan.
AOC 1441
An entity involved in receiving reports from the public as part of the unified reporting system.
Subcommittee on Linking Financial Data to Upgrade the Monitoring of Suspicious Financial Transactions(คณะอนุกรรมการเชื่อมโยงข้อมูลทางการเงินเพื่อยกระดับการติดตามตรวจสอบธุรกรรมทางการเงินต้องสงสัย)
The committee chaired by Ekniti Nitithanprapas tasked with overseeing the design of the four central systems.

Policy

National Anti-Fraud Master Plan
A plan involving four central national systems to link risk data, reporting, fund tracking, and freezing.