US EditionThailand conference launches international initiative to fight online scams
The Global Partnership Against Online Scams aims to reduce losses estimated between $18 billion and $37 billion annually through law enforcement and private sector cooperation.
- Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime hosted a two-day Bangkok conference that culminated on Thursday with the launch of the Global Partnership Against Online Scams.
- Scam centers have proliferated across Southeast Asia, and scam victims lost between $18 billion and $37 billion in 2023, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said.
- More than 300 participants from nearly 60 countries attended, Meta presented a threat report on AI scams, and TikTok signed the closing statement as an early private-sector partner this month.
- The partnership agreement signed by Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal, Peru and the United Arab Emirates commits to political action, law enforcement cooperation, victim protection, public awareness and cross-border collaboration as a collective anti-scam effort.
- The move builds on prior Association of Southeast Asian Nations pledges, while more than 70 countries signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime in October, and Cambodia was absent amid conflict with Thailand.
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A conference organized with the UN Office against Drugs and Crime saw the launch of an initiative for international cooperation against scam centers. Accession also from Meta and Tik Tok. Meanwhile, for the mediation between Thailand and Cambodia the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi moves.
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Thailand conference launches international initiative to fight online scams
Thailand has helped launch a global effort to fight the spread of online scams that include criminal enterprises based largely in Southeast Asia.
Nations unite in Bangkok to launch global fight against online scams
THAILAND: Bangkok took centre stage this week as officials from 58 countries gathered with a shared sense of urgency — stopping the surge of online scams that are costing billions of dollars and destroying lives across borders. The meeting, the International Conference on the Global Partnership against Online Scams (IC-GPOS), was co-hosted by Thailand’s Ministry […]
Thailand, UN rally 58 nations in Bangkok to take on borderless online scam syndicates
Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow addresses delegates from 58 countries during the International Conference on Global Partnership against Online Scams in Bangkok, as Thailand and the UN call for coordinated global action against transnational cyber fraud networks. BANGKOK, Thailand – Thailand and the United Nations launched an international summit on Wednesday to forge a global alliance against the escalating threat of online scams. Th…
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