Finally, Thailand's Government Takes Action Against the Mauerberger Network

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For weeks, we've been reporting on how South African money launderer Benjamin Mauerberger sits at the center of a sprawling Chinese-Cambodian criminal scam network.

We've shown how Mauerberger laundered hundreds of millions of dollars, paying huge bribes to Thai politicians and bureaucrats, undermining the country's democracy – and fueling one of the world's fastest-growing crimes. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's government, however, has so far taken no action.

Until now.

It seems like our latest story about Mauerberger has lit a fire under authorities. Last week, we published a secret MOU between a Singapore-based front for Mauerberger and Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES).

The shocking MOU allowed a criminal network to set Thailand's crypto policy, even permitting Mauerberger to bring 500 "IT specialists" into the country under special visas – creating a secret money-laundering pipeline.

This level of state capture by a foreigner appears to have been too much for MDES' current leadership, which – finally – is taking action.

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