The Technology Crime Suppression Division of the Royal Thai Police (TCSD) is pressing ahead with a comprehensive crackdown on online crime, revealing that mule bank accounts have fallen by more than 60%, financial damage has dropped by 86.9%, while operations against online gambling, firearms, and transnational call-centre networks are being intensified.
Today (22 Aug.), Police Lieutenant General Trairong Phiwphan, Deputy Inspector-General of the Royal Thai Police and Deputy Director of the Technology Crime Suppression Division, Royal Thai Police (TCSD), and also spokesperson of the Royal Thai Police, disclosed that the TCSD has been continuously driving the prevention and suppression of all forms of online crime — in particular the suppression of online gambling, the sweep against firearms, ammunition and explosives, and the crackdown on scammers. Yesterday, Police General Thana Chuwong, Deputy Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police, in his capacity as Director of the TCSD, presided over an operational progress meeting.
Operations to suppress online fraud, overseen by Police Lieutenant General Jiraphop Phuridet, Assistant Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police and Deputy Director of the TCSD, show that the overall situation has improved. However, cases involving deception in the purchase of goods and services still account for the highest proportion, while financial and investment fraud and impersonation cases remain the highest-risk group in terms of the value of damages. The public continues to be warned to beware of scammers impersonating government agencies or companies to trick victims into transferring money, forwarding calls, or conducting transactions through banking applications.
Regarding the overall picture and trends in the suppression of mule accounts and money trails: between 1 October 2025 and 15 August 2026, 397,223 mule accounts were identified, with damages totalling 40.54 billion baht. Intensive suppression efforts resulted in mule-account statistics for the period 1–15 August 2026 falling by 60.3%, with the value of damages declining by 86.9%. In terms of the overall volume of reports received by the Anti-Crime Coordination Sub-Centre (ACSC) from 1 October 2025 to 20 August 2026, there were 1,222 cases, of which 863 cases — representing 70.62% — have been resolved. Scam-blocking measures have also been implemented by coordinating with platform service providers to block a total of 145,582 scam URLs, while Operation UNPLUG continues to sever the use of Thai internet infrastructure by parties overseas.
On operations concerning online gambling and illegal platforms, overseen by Police Lieutenant General Trairong Phiwphan, Deputy Inspector-General of the Royal Thai Police and Deputy Director of the TCSD: arrest statistics for online gambling from 1 October 2025 to 20 August 2026 total 1,564 individuals. In August 2026, operations resulted in the arrest of suspects linked to 131 online gambling websites each carrying more than 10 million baht in circulation, with 249 suspects arrested and a combined circulation of 11,465 million baht.
Arrests related to online firearms from 1 October 2025 to 17 August 2026 total 4,087 individuals, with 5,158 firearms, 245,779 rounds of ammunition, and 176 explosive devices seized. Additionally, 1,060 individuals were arrested for violations of other laws and for operating illegal online platforms.
Police General Thana expressed his gratitude to all units that have pursued suppression operations in earnest and delivered tangible results. He directed that intensive and sustained operations continue, with particular emphasis on the online sale of firearms, in order to break the chain and prevent further offences. He also assigned Police General Jiraphop to closely monitor and follow up on areas of responsibility along borders with neighbouring countries, and instructed units in border areas to regularly inspect and identify telecommunications signal towers, coordinating with the responsible agencies and service providers to restrict signals to within Thai territory. This is intended to prevent the illicit routing of signal cables across into neighbouring countries, which could be exploited to support online criminal networks and call-centre gangs.
