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Thailand rolls out intelligence-sharing system to combat online scams, human trafficking

SHIELD was demonstrated as a platform for recording and analysing information on online scam and human trafficking cases to support faster information exchange among international law enforcement agencies for more efficient investigations and legal action.

Bangkok (VNA) – The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has launched a new database system aimed at combating online scams and human trafficking during an international meeting in Bangkok.

The RTP presented its SCAM & Human Trafficking Information Exchange and Linked Database (SHIELD) during the High-Level Meeting on Combating Trafficking for Forced Criminality in Cyber Scam Compounds on January 12, which saw the participation of ambassadors, representatives of law enforcement agencies and 18 international organisations.

The meeting was held both in person and online with participating countries including the Republic of Korea, China, Japan, Nepal, Brunei, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the UK, Singapore, Australia, India and Indonesia. Meanwhile, international organisations in attendance included the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the US and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

During the meeting, the RTP demonstrated SHIELD as a platform for recording and analysing information on online scam and human trafficking cases to support faster information exchange among international law enforcement agencies for more efficient investigations and legal action.

It also provided an update on human trafficking linked to cyber scams in Myanmar and Cambodia, noting that call-centre gangs often focus on luring victims in developed markets, including the US and parts of Europe, as well as the United Arab Emirates and Singapore.

Pol. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, director of the RTP Anti-Human Trafficking Centre, said the meeting was expected to lead to more concrete information-sharing among international law enforcement agencies on human trafficking.

Stronger cooperation will help prevent more people from being lured and forced to work for call-centre gangs, while also supporting more effective investigations leading to arrests of gang members, he noted./.

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