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Zero Corruption urges crackdown on organised Thai nationality fraud
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An anti-corruption working group has urged the government to crack down on organised schemes to obtain Thai nationality or civil-registration status improperly, warning that alleged networks may involve brokers, hired participants, some medical-facility personnel and officials responsible for civil records.
Key facts
- The Zero Corruption: JSCCIB and Friends Won’t Tolerate It working group identified at least nine suspected methods, ranging from false paternity acknowledgements and sham marriages to fabricated birth records, forged official documents and
- The group proposed seven urgent measures, including retrospective checks of high-risk registrations, cross-agency database links, risk-analysis technology and DNA testing where there are reasonable grounds for suspicion and appropriate
- It warned that improperly obtained nationality or registration status could potentially support nominee arrangements, money laundering, illegal businesses, so-called grey capital and transnational crime
- Such cases could affect national security, confidence in Thailand’s civil-registration system and fair economic competition, the group said.
Summary
The Zero Corruption: JSCCIB and Friends Won’t Tolerate It working group identified at least nine suspected methods, ranging from false paternity acknowledgements and sham marriages to fabricated birth records, forged official documents and the use of identities belonging to people who had died, disappeared or moved abroad.
The group proposed seven urgent measures, including retrospective checks of high-risk registrations, cross-agency database links, risk-analysis technology and DNA testing where there are reasonable grounds for suspicion and appropriate legal safeguards.