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  • Crime NewsArrests in Chiang Mai for “sextortion”, child porn

    Arrests in Chiang Mai for “sextortion”, child porn

    A 20 year old Thai man has been charged with extortion after police in Chiang Mai province arrested him for posing as a woman to blackmail a university student online. Acting on a warrant, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division and the Internet Crimes Against Children task force arrested Natthawut Klinhom. Police say the victim, aged 19, filed a complaint against…

  • Crime NewsPattaya police caught extorting son of senior Issan policeman

    Pattaya police caught extorting son of senior Issan policeman

    PHOTO: Daily News Four Pattaya police have been caught out trying to extort payment from a person in an e-cigarette sting. But the person they were trying to get payment from was the son of a deputy police commander in Isaan, in Thailand’s north east. 24 year old Phanuwat Suban Na Ayuthaya reported the alleged extortion to Pattaya police yesterday. He…

  • Thailand NewsPhitsanulok man arrested for sex blackmail of 200 women

    Phitsanulok man arrested for sex blackmail of 200 women

    A man in Phitsanulok province has been arrested for allegedly luring some 200 women to videotape sex on their phones and later extorting them for money. Pol Lt-General Surachate Hakparn, in his role leading Thailand’s Action Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression (TACCTICS), held a media conference yesterday to announce the arrest of 35 year old Kittisak Nimboonchuen. Surachate says…