{"id":6022,"date":"2025-08-09T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T16:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/?p=6022"},"modified":"2025-08-19T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T15:00:36","slug":"vice-minister-for-foreign-affairs-presides-over-a-seminar-on-combating-cybercrime-and-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thaianti-humantraffickingaction.org\/Home\/2025\/08\/09\/vice-minister-for-foreign-affairs-presides-over-a-seminar-on-combating-cybercrime-and-online-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Presides Over a Seminar on Combating Cybercrime and Online Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs presides over a seminar on combating cybercrime and online scams<\/strong><\/p>\n

On 8 August 2025, H.E. Mr. Russ Jalichandra, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, presided over a\u00a0seminar on \u201cSafeguarding Digital Societies: Preventing Scam, Combatting Cybercrime,\u201d co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES), and the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Thailand, under the Enhancing the EU\u2019s Security Cooperation in and with Asia and the Indo-Pacific (ESIWA+) project.<\/p>\n

The Vice Minister and H.E. Mr. David Daly, EU Ambassador to Thailand delivered opening remarks reaffirming both sides\u2019 commitment to deepen security cooperation to combat online scams. Professor Wisit Wisitsora-at, MDES Permanent Secretary, delivered a keynote address highlighting Thailand\u2019s leading role at the national and regional level in tackling online scams, which is a government\u2019s priority.<\/p>\n

The seminar served as a platform for Thailand and the EU to exchange knowledge, experience, and best practices in combatting cybercrime and online scams, as well as strengthening cooperation among public and private sectors, civil society, telecom providers and digital platforms to prevent, tackle, and respond more efficiently to cyber-enabled threats. The seminar brought together experts from Thailand\u2019s and EU\u2019s public agencies and the private sector to exchange views on (1) the complex nature of online scams linked to other transnational crimes such as human trafficking and money laundering, etc. which posed threats to economic and human security; (2) legal and operational frameworks; and (3) building public-private partnership, awareness and digital literacy, and promoting digital platforms\u2019 role in cybercrime\u2019s prevention and suppression.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Krongkanit Rakcharoen, Director-General of the Department of European Affairs, delivered closing remarks focusing on enhancing Thailand-EU cooperation on policy and practices to better address online scams. The seminar was attended by more than 150 participants, both on site and online, from public agencies, private sector, civil society, as well as Thai and foreign diplomatic missions.<\/p>\n