With scams proliferating far faster than they can possibly be policed, Thailand’s finest today announced that people can now lodge cybercrime complaints online.
Created in collaboration with banks and financial institutions, the ThaiPoliceOnline.com will help speed investigation of cyber crimes – especially those involving fraudulent financial transactions, the police said.
National police chief Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk said the new page would reduce waiting times at overtaxed police stations, as well as help banks detect suspicious money transfers.
Of course, it might also help if the police weren’t tied up investigating every rude post, negative hotel review, human rights defender or taunt aimed at el dictador considered a “cyber crime” under its expansive legal definition.
But we digress. The new site sounds like a way to filter some of the noise. At least its homepage is pretty sweet: the police force’s logo on a screen surrounded by Matrix-y data nodes floating in space.
It allows users to fill in the details of their alleged metaverse molestation, which will then be forwarded by web admins to the appropriate police stations.
Progress can be checked at the website. It’s worth noting the page is only in Thai, and its use requires a Thai national ID number.
The police say there are more than 30,000 officers qualified in the fine arts of the computer.
What remains to be seen is how long it takes for the site itself to become the scene of a crime, given the government’s poor track record with cyber security, data breaches, costly hacks, and occasional dick pics.
