Justice Ministry Seeks Narcotics Act Amendment to Obstruct Drug Networks

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BANGKOK (NNT) - The Parliament will consider the Justice Ministry’s suggested amendments to the Narcotics Act and the Money Laundering Act on Thursday.

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said over the past decade, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has given the Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) cases worth Bt129 million, but only Bt56 million has been seized so far.

He said the “Phali Prab Ya” anti-narcotics team was created to track down suspicious financial transactions that may possibly be linked to drug agents, adding that more than Bt135 million has been seized from a drug network after an anti-narcotics team tracked suspicious financial transactions worth up to Bt6 billion.

The minister said the only way to choke drug dealing networks is to plug the Bt6 billion that is being circulated, and this can only be done if the law is amended.

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