Published on: 2026-08-13
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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Beijing, August 13 /Xinhua/ — Law enforcement agencies of China and Thailand recently carried out a joint operation to uncover a large transnational credit card fraud network targeting Chinese citizens, and arrested nine suspects. This was reported on Thursday by the Ministry of Public Security /MPS/ of the PRC.
According to the agency, during a raid conducted jointly by the Ministry of Public Security of China and the Royal Thai Police Headquarters, four Chinese citizens and five Thai citizens were detained.
The parties agreed on the time of the operation, eliminated several criminal dens, and detained the suspects in the case, according to the agency’s statement.
According to the IOC statement, in 2025 following an investigation, the Chinese police concluded the existence of a transnational group and immediately forwarded the relevant information to their Thai colleagues, requesting their assistance.
The investigation revealed that two of the suspects acted in conspiracy: one of them managed a store in Thailand as a front for illegally obtaining victims’ credit card data, while the other used the stolen data to produce counterfeit cards and recruited people to carry out fraudulent operations and launder criminal proceeds. Authorities have currently determined financial losses exceeding 5 million yuan /approximately 736,500 USD/ related to this case.
As noted by the ministry, this operation became the first coordinated joint law enforcement action of the police of the two countries in recent years, aimed at combating economic crimes.
The parties intend to explore the possibility of establishing a regular cooperation mechanism to combat cross-border economic crimes, and to continuously deepen interaction in areas such as information exchange, sharing of experiences, joint analysis, search for suspects, and recovery of illegally obtained funds, the department added. -0-
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