{"id":777042384,"date":"2026-05-19T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777042384"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:46:04","slug":"thai-police-hold-talks-with-line-in-bid-to-curb-illegal-gambling-chat-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-police-hold-talks-with-line-in-bid-to-curb-illegal-gambling-chat-groups","title":{"rendered":"Thai police hold talks with LINE in bid to curb illegal gambling chat groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities aim to disrupt chat groups linked to online gambling, scams and money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Thailand.- The Royal Thai Police <\/strong>have held meetings with executives from LINE Thailand<\/strong> in a bid to strengthen cooperation against criminal activity on the messaging platform, including illegal gambling, fraud and the sale of illicit goods. According to police, criminal networks have been using LINE\u2019s open chat features to promote illegal gambling websites, organise gambling-related scams and facilitate money laundering operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said the two sides are developing a faster system to process data-blocking requests and close suspicious accounts, with the upgraded enforcement framework expected to be operational by mid-2026. LINE Thailand chiefs said they would \u201cfully cooperate<\/strong>\u201d and leverage support from parent company LY Corporation in Japan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move comes as Thai authorities continue enforcement actions against illegal online casino operators. In a recent raid, police dismantled an Thai-language online casino platform known as AM 08, which allegedly served around 36,000 users and offered products including slots, baccarat, sports betting and illegal lottery games.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Philippine GGR down 16% in Q1<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities aim to disrupt chat groups linked to online gambling, scams and money laundering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":14821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thai authorities, led by the Royal Thai Police, are intensifying efforts to combat illegal online gambling, fraud, and money laundering by collaborating with LINE Thailand. This initiative involves developing a faster system to block data and close suspicious accounts on the messaging platform, targeting criminal networks that leverage its features. Concurrently, enforcement actions continue against illicit online casino operators, exemplified by the recent dismantling of the AM 08 platform.","focusai_entities":"Royal Thai Police, LINE Thailand, LY Corporation, AM 08","focusai_location":"Thailand, Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"LINE's Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the projected operational impacts and timelines for LINE Thailand's enhanced data-blocking and account closure framework on illegal gambling networks?"},{"label":"Thai Market Formalization","query":"How might the intensified enforcement against illegal online casino operators influence the potential for future regulated iGaming market entry or expansion in Thailand?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[25174,20326,342],"class_list":["post-777042384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-crackdown","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777042384"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777042393,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042384\/revisions\/777042393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777042384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777042384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777042384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}