(Photo courtesy of the CIB)
On 23 February 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), led by Mrs. Pornanong Budsaratragoon, Secretary-General, and Mr. Thawatchai Pittayasophon, Deputy Secretary-General, together with SEC executives, held a meeting with Pol. Lt. Gen. Natthasak Chaowanasai, Commissioner of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Pol. Maj. Gen. Sophon Saraphat, Deputy Commissioner of the CIB, and other executives from the CIB and the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) at the Central Investigation Bureau Headquarters to coordinate on the exchange of information beneficial to the performance of both agencies’ duties and their close, proactive collaboration on preventing and expediting law enforcement in cases involving criminal networks engaged in technology-related crimes and related capital market offenses.
“Policy-level discussions with the CIB and the ECD will help streamline and clarify the SEC’s information sharing processes in ongoing investigations of capital market offenses. This, in turn, will enhance the effectiveness of the SEC’s administration, including in cases involving offenders’ identity concealment to evade compliance with mandatory tender offer requirements or approval requirements for becoming major shareholders of businesses under the SEC’s supervision, as well as the misuse of capital market business operators as channels for investment fraud. This builds upon the SEC’s long standing exchange of information within the legal framework to support the duties of law enforcement agencies,” the SEC Secretary-General said.
The SEC also gained perspectives and exchanged firsthand experience with the CIB and the ECD on the conduct of criminal proceedings, which are beneficial to the SEC’s duties. The discussions further covered mutual knowledge transfer and the use of advanced technological tools to support the prevention and tracking of technological crime offenders—an urgent matter that both agencies are closely monitoring and prioritizing.
Photo courtesy of the CIB
Photo courtesy of the CIB