The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) and prosecutors are conducting a joint investigation that has arrested two former ministers and two senior Labor Ministry officials for allegedly receiving 36 million baht in kickbacks when exporting Thai workers to pick wild berries. He plans to sue his name. Finland.
They plan to lodge a complaint with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) for further legal proceedings.
The case prompted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Thai Embassy in Helsinki to provide assistance to Thai workers who legally went to work in Finland to harvest wild berries but became victims of human trafficking. It started with that. After they returned to Thailand, the ministry forwarded the case to DSI for investigation.
DSI, which received evidence from Finnish authorities, found that there was a conspiracy involving politicians, government officials and private citizens who demanded kickbacks of 3,000 baht per worker from Thai job brokers.
Intermediaries collected a total of approximately 36 million baht in addition to actual expenses from workers sent overseas from 2020 to 2023.
Justice Minister Tawi Sodson said there was clear evidence that the four were involved in accepting bribes. The evidence primarily consists of financial transactions obtained from the Finnish police.
Furthermore, there is support for the complaint from both the Human Rights Commission and labor organizations in Chaiyaphum province, he added. -819 (TNA)
