Bangkok: Chinese and Thai police collaborated to dismantle a cross-border credit card fraud gang, arresting four Chinese nationals and five Thai suspects. China's Ministry of Public Security revealed that Chinese and Thai police recently collaborated to dismantle a major cross-border credit card fraud ring targeting Chinese citizens, leading to the arrest of nine suspects: four Chinese nationals and five Thai nationals.
According to Thai News Agency, this operation was conducted jointly by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security and the Royal Thai Police. Both sides coordinated the crackdown and raided several criminal sites, successfully arresting suspects. Chinese police discovered this transnational criminal network in 2025 and promptly shared case information with Thai police, requesting cooperation from the Thai side in the operation.
The investigation revealed that two suspects conspired to commit the crime. One is accused of opening a shop in Thailand to use as a front for stealing credit card information from victims, while the other is accused of using the stolen information to create fake cards and then encouraging others to use these cards for fraudulent transactions and money laundering to profit from the illicit gains. To date, authorities have determined that the financial damages linked to the case exceed 5 million yuan (approximately 24.58 million baht).
This marks the first joint law enforcement operation in many years between Chinese and Thai police targeting economic crimes. Furthermore, both sides will consider establishing a regular cooperation mechanism to combat cross-border economic crimes, with plans to strengthen cooperation in areas such as information sharing, expertise exchange, joint analysis, suspect tracking, and recovery of illegally obtained assets.