Bangkok (VNA) – Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) to strengthen coordination across agencies to combat online scams and call centre fraud.
At ISOC's first board meeting on October 20 in Bangkok, Anutin called for tougher defences against scammers, improved real-time intelligence sharing, and closer cross-border cooperation to prevent Thailand from being used as a base or transit point for cybercriminals.
The meeting also approved strategic plans for ISOC's operations in the south, including counter-narcotics, counterterrorism, and scam suppression, government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat said.
Thai Army spokesman Major General Thammanoon Maisonti said the prime minister stressed the need to proactively gather intelligence to detect criminal activities and integrate data from security and financial agencies to dismantle scam networks.
In a related development, Thai media reported the same day that Thai delegates to the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva had urged stronger global cooperation in the fight against cybercrime. Led by House of Representatives Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, the Thai delegation proposed an urgent motion on transnational crime during the Asia-Pacific Group meeting at the Geneva International Conference Centre.
The proposal, co-drafted by Thailand, China, and Cambodia, calls for greater data sharing, enhanced law enforcement coordination, and mutual legal assistance to track and recover assets linked to cybercrime. Delegates also discussed holding digital platforms accountable for facilitating fraud.
The Asia-Pacific Group recommended adopting the Thai initiative as an urgent resolution at the IPU plenary session on the same day. However, Cambodia opposed the proposal, arguing that it was inconsistent with the assembly's main theme of maintaining humanitarian standards amid global crises./.
