Thailand and US Join Forces to Hunt International Call Center Gang, Expose 'Orsamet' Hub Linked to Human Organ Trafficking
Thailand and the US are jointly investigating an international call center gang operating from the 'Orsamet' facility, where discovery of operating rooms and medical equipment suggests links to human organ trafficking networks across Southe
Thailand and the US are teaming up to pursue an international call center gang, revealing evidence at the 'Orsamet' facility where operating rooms and medical equipment were discovered, pointing to human organ trafficking networks. On May 8, 2025, at the Royal Thai Police headquarters, Deputy Police Commissioner Pol. Gen. Thatchai Pitanilabut, director of the Anti-Human Trafficking Center, and Hatthaya Kusakul, director of the US and South Pacific Affairs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with labor ministry representatives, announced results from discussions with the US government following an April 21-25 visit aimed at strengthening cooperation against transnational call center gangs, human trafficking, and forced labor. Hatthaya revealed that Thailand discussed with US agencies responsible for monitoring and assessing global human trafficking situations. Thailand has been ranked Tier 2 for four consecutive years and presented comprehensive anti-trafficking efforts, labor protections, and forced labor solutions, including progress on removing Thai products from lists linked to child and forced labor. She stated that the US praised Thailand's integrated approach across all agencies in prevention, suppression, and policy-making, with particular interest in arrest and prevention statistics. Hatthaya noted that Thailand has implemented stricter measures, including new laws and mechanisms for victim care, alongside capacity development for officials meeting international standards. The US also emphasized concern about online human trafficking and scam gangs in Southeast Asia, noting Americans suffer the highest victim numbers with damages exceeding $10 billion USD, and expressed commitment to joint law enforcement efforts. Pol. Gen. Thatchai stated that the US has special interest in call center gangs across Southeast Asia, particularly networks in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos that defraud victims from over 40 countries globally, not just Americans. He noted Thailand received praise for establishing a monitoring and victim assistance center for call center gang cases, which the US plans to replicate regionally. He highlighted Thailand's presentation of information on the Orsamet gang, one of the region's largest call center networks with over 10,000 people involved, where facilities contain detention rooms, forced labor sites, torture chambers, operating rooms, X-ray machines, and obstetric equipment. Both Thailand and the US suspect potential links to human organ trafficking networks, currently under expanded investigation. Pol. Gen. Thatchai reported that foreign nationals continue being deceived into Thailand before being trafficked to neighboring countries' call center operations, initially voluntary but becoming forced labor with torture as punishment. He noted information from the Brazilian embassy regarding at least 30 Brazilians tricked into working in Cambodia, alongside victims from Taiwan and Japan, requiring Thailand to urgently block use of its territory as a transit route for these operations.
