On 15 May 2017 the Legal Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AMCHAM) will welcome U.S. Department of Justice Attaché Catharine Hartzenbusch, who will deliver remarks on current trends in the criminal enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt …
Corruption has much the same effect on the development of a nation that cancer has on the life of a biological organism. Recognizing this, Thailand has various laws criminalizing corruption, recently enacted new anti-corruption laws and plans to expand the …
The Bangkok Post reported on 9 November 2015 that: “[f]ormer Tourism Authority of Thailand governor Juthamas Siriwan and her daughter on Monday plead innocent at the Criminal Court to bribery charges in the Bangkok International Film Festival scandal.” Over five years …
In May 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), in connection with investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division, indicted fourteen people in connection with wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering as …
A professor from the U.S. recently authored an article that set out some concrete measures that Thailand could employ to tackle corruption. In a 17 October 2013 article for the Bangkok Post, Professor Robert Klitgaard – called the “world’s leading expert on …
Former Asean secretary-general and Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan says “corruption threatens to turn Thailand into an investment “black hole” of Asean as it makes doing business in the country far too costly”, according to a front page article in the …
An application developed by Bribespot now allows smartphone reports on bribery in the Thai language according to the Voice of America (VOA). A Transparency International survey found that fully one quarter of the Thai population acknowledged they were obliged to make a …
Access our new article discussing the February 2013 amendments to Thailand’s Anti-Money Laundering Act by clicking here. The Anti-Corruption section of the Knowledge part of our website contains additional articles and news items on developments in Thai anti-corruption law, the U.S. …
The Thai Coalition Against Corruption (CAC) says corruption in the country has risen sharply over the past two years to an urgent level now, according to a 4 June 2013 report in the Bangkok Post. According to the report, “Business leaders …
Top institutional investors in Thailand have announced that they will collaborate on encouraging good corporate governance and anti-corruption efforts among Thai listed companies by focusing investment in those companies with proven transparency and anti-corruption track records. On the influential corruption …
In February 2012, the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) added Thailand to its “grey list” of countries due to its failure to take adequate steps against money laundering and terrorist financing by not enforcing its existing anti-money laundering laws. …
Every year Transparency International compiles information from different surveys and indices to create its now famous corruption perceptions index (CPI). Considering that CPI scores and rankings are a rough proxies for actual corruption, Thailand's position has not changed much. Last …
The motion by Juthamas Siriwan, the former Governor-General of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, and her daughter, Jittisopa Siriwan, (the "Siriwans") to dismiss the U.S. indictment against them on money laundering related charges had been set for hearing on 29 November …
The Bangkok Post is reporting that a draft of an anti-money laundering law that is hoped to remove Thailand from the Financial Action Task Force 's (FATF) "gray list" may not be enacted by the next FATF meeting in February 2013. …
The Bangkok Post reports that a draft of an anti-money laundering law that is hoped to remove Thailand from the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) "gray list" may not be enacted by the next FATF meeting in February. According to the …
A progress report by Transparency International on enforcement of the OECD Convention on the Combating of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the OECD Convention) reports increased (but still inadequate) enforcement of foreign anti-corruption laws. The signatories to the OECD …
On 26 July 2012 the U.S. government filed a motion requesting the continuance of a status hearing on the motion of Juthamas (the former Governor of the TAT) and Jittisopa (her daughter) Siriwan to dismiss the U.S. indictment against them on …
The U.S. government filed a motion requesting the continuance of the status conference on the motion of Juthamas (ex-Govenor of the TAT) and Jittisopa (her daughter) Siriwan to dismiss the U.S. indictment against them on money laundering related charges in connection …
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) will ask the attorney-general's office to confiscate assets totalling 64.7 million baht from former transport permanent secretary Supoj Saplom, reports the Bangkok Post here . A brief summary of Thai law on unusual wealth can …
The intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Thailand on its "dark grey list" of countries, claiming that it is a high risk and non-cooperative jurisdiction which has failed to meet international standards in fighting money laundering. Practical …
The Thai government announced that it would consider signing up to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement. Thai Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Kittiratt, speaking at the World Economic Forum on East Asia, said Thailand "would commit to join” the next discussions on the WTO Government …
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has found former secretary for transport Supoj Saplom to be 'unusually wealthy' as reported by the Bangkok Post here . A brief summary of Thai law on unusual wealth can be found here. The …
A violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) requires a bribe or attempt to bribe a foreign official. Is an employee of a state owned enterprise a "foreign official" when the government owns the enterprise's shares and appoints its …
Access the Thai Chapter of the 2012 edition of Getting the Deal Through’ s guide to Anti-Corruption regulation by clicking here. The article was prepared by PriceSanond and is produced with permission of Law Business Research Ltd. The article was first published …
A grassroots movement to identify government officials who press for bribes is growing momentum, thanks to an Indian website (ipaidabribe.com) reports the New York Times. Thailand is not without serious transparency problems, as reflected in reports from Transparency International and …
"Some members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission [NBTC] are feeling ''uncomfortable'' after a colleague [Ms. Supinya Klangnarong] called for a new code of conduct regarding corporate gift giving,…", according to the the 9 March 2012 edition of the Bangkok Post. This 9 March article says: Ms Supinya said …
The 3 March 2012 edition of the Bangkok Post reports that U.S. Ambassador Kristie Kenny asked the “National Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate corruption cases” that concern the U.S. There are several curious aspects of the article. First, the article specifically refers to the conviction …
Supoj Saplom testified for three hours before the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on 8 March 2012 and will be called back to testify again on 26 March 2012. According to a 9 March 2012 article in the Bangkok Post, NACC Commissioner "Preecha Lertkamolmart said Mr Supoj had yet to clarify …
A leading international anti-money laundering body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), reports that Thailand has “strategic anti-money laundering deficiencies.” The FATF’s 16 February 2012 report on Thailand says: Despite Thailand’s high-level political commitment to work with the FATF and APG to …
US law not only rewards "whistleblowers" in FCPA cases (see article here), but it also prohibits employers from taking retaliatory action against whistleblowers. In a 8 February 2012 article the Huffington Post reports on such an alleged retaliation claim that …
The Bangkok Post has reported here that a subcommittee of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has charged suspended secretary for transport Supoj Saplom as being 'unusually wealthy'. A brief summary of Thai law on unusual wealth can be found here. The …
The Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) issued an amendment to its notification (Notification) concerning government contractors’ reporting duties. The original Notification was issued on 11 August 2011 and was published in the Royal Gazette on 15 August 2011. The amended Notification was …
The Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC) announced that state corruption made the recent flooding in Thailand worse than it would have been otherwise. Members of the TCC agreed they would no longer pay bribes to state officials and would closely …
Transparency International (TI) rated Thailand a 3.4 on its corruption perceptions index (CPI) on 1 December 2011. TI rates the perceived corruption level of countries from 0 to 10, with higher ratings reflecting less corruption, while lower scores reflect higher corruption. Thailand’s …
The Bangkok Post reported on 23 November 2011 that the National Anti-corruption Commission (NACC) ordered a freeze on 15 million baht allegedly stolen from transport permanent secretary Supoj Saplom’s home while it forms a panel to investigate him for alleged …
In the first case under the UK's Bribery Act, a sentence of as much as six years in prison was imposed against a court clerk, Munir Patel. Munir Patel was sentenced to six years for 'misconduct in public office' and three years for violating …
The motion filed by ex-TAT Governor, Ms. Juthamas Siriwan, and her daughter, Jittisopa Siriwan, to dismiss the U.S. indictment against them has implications that go far beyond their individual case. Their motion challenges one of the increasing aggressive enforcement measures used by the U.S. Department of …
Transparency International (TI), a leading and well respected non-governmental organization that monitors and publicizes political and political corruption, reports that Chinese and Russian firms are most likely to bribe abroad according to their recently released Bribe Payers Index for 2011, …
The hearing on the motion of former TAT Governor Juthamas Siriwan and her daughter, Jittisopa Siriwan, to dismiss the U.S. indictment against them has been continued from 20 October 2011 until 30 November 2011. The Siriwans’s challenge of the U.S. …
Earlier this month the U.S. filed its opposition to ex-TAT Governor, Ms. Juthamas Siriwan’s, and her daughter, Jittisopa Siriwan’s, motion to dismiss the U.S. indictment against them. A U.S. court obviously cannot rule on whether the Siriwans violated Thai anti-corruption …
Ex-TAT Governor, Ms. Juthamas Siriwan, and her daughter, Jittisopa Siriwan, have filed a motion through their U.S. lawyers to dismiss the U.S. indictment against them. In recent years, as part of an overall effort to enforce anti-corruption laws, U. S. …
“The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is urging the government and business to prepare for tougher anti-corruption measures”, reports the Bangkok Post on 6 September 2011 in an article about a recent seminar on corruption in Thailand. This same article reports that “the chairwoman …
The first case under the UK’s Bribery Act 2010 has been reported on the Crown Prosecution Service’s blog site. What is of particular interest is that the case was brought for alleged domestic rather international bribery. Further, the case was …
A proposal to establish a special business court to handle corruption cases has been put forward, reports the 27 August edition of the Bangkok Post. For 2010, Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index ranked Thailand 78 with a score of 3.5, …
The Bangkok Post reported on 24 August that: “[t]he National Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday formally ruled against former TAT governor Juthamas Siriwan in the film festival bribery case.” The Americans involved in the film festival scandal were convicted in the U.S. for …
Access the Thai Chapter of the 2013 edition of the Getting the Deal Through’s guide to Anti-Corruption Regulation, authored by PriceSanond lawyers, by clicking here or clicking below. We also have reports in the Anti-Corruption section of the Knowledge part of …