DSI welcomed Officials from Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

DSI welcomed Officials from Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

On March 26, 2026, at 09:00 a.m., at meeting Room 1, 1st floor, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) Headquarters, Police Major Yutthana Praedam, Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation assigned Police Captain Wisanu Chimtragool, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation; Police Captain Thinavudth Silapat, Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime; Police Lieutenant Colonel Amorn Hongsritong, Director of the Bureau of Government Procurement Fraud; Police Major Niti Sumritdetkhachorn, Director of the Bureau Technology and Information Inspection Center; Mr. Jinnakorn Kaewsri, Acting Special Case Expert and relevant officials to welcome the officials from Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) and Asian Institute of technology (AIT), totaling 35 people, who visited the Department of Special Investigation to pay a study visit to gain insight of the DSI’s authority and missions, guidelines for accepting special cases, technology and special case investigation, and to exchange opinions and experience regarding corruption and criminal money laundering.

CIAA is an independent organization under the constitution, the highest level organization on the prevention and suppression of corruption in the Nepalese government. Its main mission is to prevent the corruption in government. It is the only organization with authority to investigate and prosecute to government officials accused of corruption and misconduct.

Police Captain Wisanu Chimtragool, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Special Investigation welcomed the study visit group who were interested and selected the Department of Special Investigation as a part of the study visit, which is considered a good opportunity to exchange knowledge, experience and useful practice for prevention and suppression of corruption. Which is an important mission to create good governance and promote transparency in government.

Mr. Udomkaan Warotamasikkhadit, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime described overview of roles, missions, authorities, structure of the Department of Special Investigation and guideline for accepting special cases.

Then, Police Major Niti Sumritdetkhachorn, Director of the Bureau Technology and Information Inspection Center presented the information system development from the past to the present, which consists of special case criminal information management system, social media investigation system, public complaint and case management system, and external data integration and investigation system.

Later, Police Lieutenant Colonel Amorn Hongsritong, Director of the Bureau of Government Procurement Fraud explained criminal justice process for government officials who commit corruption or malfeasance in office, and malfeasance in judicial office, by describing DSI’s criminal proceeding in cases with government officials committing the offence, which includes connections between the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and the DSI in the formation and nature of the offence, such as procurement corruption, falsification of land documents, tax avoidance, etc.

Lastly, Mr. Jinnakorn Kaewsri, Acting Special Case Expert explained money laundering process, elements of money laundering offense and money laundering special case accepting procedure. DSI will be responsible for money laundering case with at least 300 million baht damages, or money laundering case with predicate offense in special case, such as human trafficking without limiting the value of damages. The example of important cases are investment scam case, case of the scam call center, forest encroachment case, etc.

At the end of the lecture, the study visit group showed interest in the criteria for admission as a special case, management with pressure from the investigation of case with influential people, statistics of public procurement corruption cases, special techniques of investigation of corruption and money laundering, and cross-referencing the cases database between Department of Special Investigation and related organizations.

Police Captain Thinavudth Silapat, Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime delivered a closing remarks, expressing believe that knowledge exchanged will be useful and considered an important in strengthening the relationship between both organizations.