The Anti-Money Laundering Office (Amlo) has seized about 40 billion baht of assets in connection with 19 high-profile cases over the past year.
Referring to the cases, Amlo secretary-general Chaiya Siriampankul said the agency sent its investigation reports to the prosecution to seek the court's approval to return the confiscated assets to the state.
Based on the case in which rice-trading tycoon Apichart "Sia Piang" Chansakulporn, an executive of Siam Indica Co, and three others were alleged to have been involved in the bogus government-to-government (G2G) rice sales to China, Amlo has managed to seize 12.9 billion baht worth of assets, Pol Gen Chaiya said.
The case concerns four contracts for discharge of the state rice and it is only one of more than 100 cases involving the G2G rice sales, he said.
Amlo also seized 6.35 billion baht worth of assets in connection with the graft-plagued Klong Dan wastewater treatment project in Samut Prakan, the Amlo chief said.
In another case, a total of 9.54 billion baht worth of assets were seized from 13 people linked to Fuan Travel Co and OA Transport Co, charged with organising zero-dollar tour scams. The case is under the Criminal Court's deliberation, he said.
The agency also confiscated 64 million baht worth of assets in connection with the Krungthai Bank loan scandal, which involves 9.9 billion baht.
