2 October 2023
Action was taken against 76 suspects in 119 online scam cases and 134 suspects in 58 online gambling cases in 2023, Vice Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win said at the 59th Anniversary of Myanmar Police Force Day marked at Myanmar International Convention Centre-II in Nay Pyi Taw at 9 am today.
In 2023, the Myanmar-Thailand-China transnational crime combating meeting took place in Bangkok and Mae Sot of Thailand to conduct the pilot operation against forced labour to commit online scam. They also effective cooperate with each other in combating the online scam cases from 1 April to 16 June 2023, taking action against 76 suspects in 199 online scam cases and 134 suspects in 58 online gambling cases, the Vice-Senior General said.
Myanmar is closely cooperating with international organizations to combat danger of narcotic drugs. During the period from 2013 to 2022, Myanmar conducted special operations against narcotic drugs 38 times and is conducting the Operation 39 to prevent illegal import of prohibited precursor chemicals. From 1 January to 31 August 2023, Myanmar arrested 5,974 suspects in 4,380 cases with narcotic drugs and related accessories used in refining drugs worth More than Ks-623 billion, he added.
Moreover, seized 108 items of narcotic drugs, precursor chemicals and related accessories worth more than K936.723 billion (US$446.058 million) were incinerated to mark the 36th International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which fell on 26 June 2023, he continued.
Currently, human trafficking applies advancement of internet technologies across the world, human traffickers recruits new victims as part of new forms of trafficking in person. Myanmar enacted new anti-trafficking in person law on 16June 2022 for effectively taking action against human traffickers. During the period from 2006 to August 2023, a total of 2,245 human trafficking cases were exposed and 6,516 suspects arrested. Moreover, Myanmar is combating regional human trafficking cases and the projects on prevention of human traffickers in cooperation with INTERPOL and ASEANPOL.
It is learnt that financial crimes and cybercrimes including money laundering is a threat at the global highest level. Therefore, to combat the money laundering and financing of terrorism, Myanmar Police Force is to give special consideration on working together with relevant partners of the Myanmar Central Bank, the Anti-Corruption Commission, law enforcement organizations and judiciary teams, he instructed.
The Vice-Senior General said that Myanmar police force was reformed in the post-independence era, and it was identified the People’s Police Force on 1 October 1964 and designated as the Police Force Day. On 1 October 1995, it was renamed the Myanmar Police Force. Now, it falls the 59th anniversary of MPF Day.
