Lieutenant General Akradit Pimunsri, Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Thai Police chaired the meeting to prepare for the prevention and suppression of illegal gambling to predict the results of the 17th European Football Championship or Euro 2024, which will be held between June 14 – July 14, 2024. Which will be broadcast live on television and media. The other. Allowing audiences to watch the competition simultaneously all over the world.
The Royal Thai Police (Royal Thai Police) expects that there may be people betting illegally on football results. This may cause groups of students and the general youth to become victims. Measures to prevent and suppress illegal gambling have been put in place to predict the results of Euro 2024 for all units to follow as follows.
1. To the Metropolitan Police Headquarters, Regional Police Districts 1-9, Central Bureau of Investigation, Tourism Bureau, Immigration Bureau, Police Investigation Bureau to investigate technology crimes. and the Border Guard Police Headquarters Establish a center for the prevention and suppression of illegal gambling and forecasting of the results of the Euro 2024 Football Championship, with a Commander or Deputy Commander appointed to be the Director of the Center Beginning to open the Center at the same time across the country on Friday, June 14, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. .
2. Deploying police officers, in and out of uniform, to patrol service establishments, entertainment venues, or any other places open to watching football matches. In order to prevent, suppress, investigate and arrest intensively.
3. Allow the police leadership to investigate technological crimes. It is the main unit for investigating and monitoring violations through websites or online media. That advertises, advocates or organizes illegal gambling and if any violations are discovered, investigation and arrest will be made. And coordination with the relevant authorities to quickly close the site.
4. Integration of practices between government agencies, the private sector, and the public sector. To request cooperation, report clues and information regarding illegal gambling and football predictions. As well as opening channels to receive notifications so that the public can easily access each channel.
5. Investigate and expand the results of prosecutions against violators, sponsors, venture capitalists, bookmakers or networks that accept bets to predict the results of football matches. They are both live gambling organizers and accept online gambling. If it is a crime related to organizing unauthorized gambling and the total money in circulation in the crime amounts to 5 million baht or more. Or it is an arrangement for online gambling which is a fundamental offense according to the Anti-Money Laundering Act 1999, Section 3(9) requiring the strict implementation of money laundering measures in all cases.
6. A public relations campaign to educate the public about the dangers of gambling. In addition to requesting cooperation from all educational institutions, we ask parents of students and youth to help monitor and take care of their children.
7. Have all units coordinate and support each other closely. In the event of a key suspect being arrested or in the event of public charges. Ask the Center for the Prevention and Suppression of Illegal Gambling to predict the UEFA Euro 2024 football results and report back to the moderators immediately. Including holding a press conference in the area immediately to take legal action. Relevant regulations and orders to prevent and suppress illegal gambling and football predictions. It's effective. And achieve the most realistic results
Lt. Gen. Paul Ackerdt also said he would like to share PR with people. If you have any evidence or complaints about football betting, or other crimes you can report it to hotline 191 or hotline 1599, which are available 24 hours a day.
By InfoQuest News Agency (June 13, 2024)
Tags: football betting, online gambling, european football
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