DSI Welcomed AFP Delegation

published: 9/18/2025 10:01:50 AM updated: 9/29/2025 8:30:19 AM 314 views   TH
 

DSI Welcomed AFP Delegation
 


            On Monday, September 15, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., at meeting room 3, first floor, the DSI building, Police Major Yutthana Praedam, the Director-General of the DSI, assigned Police Captain Wisanu Chimtrakool, Deputy Director-General of the DSI, and Police Captain Thinavudth Silapat, Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime, Mr. Somroek Tangkarawakhun, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime, and the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime officers, to welcome Ms.Kristie Cressy, AFP liaison officer, and AFP delegation in Thailand. The AFP delegation paid a courtesy call on the occasion of Ms.Kristie Cressy’s recent appointment to her position in Thailand.

            The atmosphere of the meeting between the DSI and the AFP was filled with goodwill. In addition, both parties have discussed on 3 topics as follows:

            1) The follow-up on the additional agreement consideration in the MOU between the AFP and the DSI. The review on the DSI’s side is complete and the draft is now under consideration by the AFP.

            2) The signing of an extension for the agreement between the Ministry of Justice and AFP on the Thai-Australian joint taskforce for another 24 months, until July 18, 2027, covering cooperation on narcotics, money-laundering, and transnational organized crime, and updating the DSI’s designated signatory.

            3) Academic cooperation and personnel development: Police Captain Wisanu raised the topic of training support from the AFP to enhance the investigative skills and knowledge of the DSI officers, including various techniques and methods to cover a diverse range of transnational crimes. The objective was to strengthen the law enforcement on special cases and to effectively counter the threats. In addition, Police Captain Wisanu extended an invitation to the AFP representatives to visit the DSI Academy, which is fully equipped to host future training courses organized by the AFP for the DSI officers or other partner law enforcement agencies.

           The AFP’s visit highlighted a strong relationship and cooperation between the DSI and the AFP, which spans over 23 years. Both parties agreed to continue their collaboration to effectively prevent and suppress the transnational organized crime.


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