Relationship between money laundering and the balance of payments in the case of Thailand (1990-1997)

As economic growth in Thailand is expanding rapidly since 1990,economic crime and fraud is also expanding in corresponding with thegrowth. Not only that, those crime and fraud are adapting and developingnew ways and procedures to cope with new laws and regulations and hidethemselves in the system, which make than very hard to detect. In the study, economic crime and fraud can be classified as thefactor that directly influences the abnormal changes in the error of thebalance of payment. Such influences can be seen as transferring, changing,and others type of activities that snake illegal money or asset to becomelegal one. Those activities are called "Laudrying Money", and theycertainly play essential affect to Thailand net balance of payment. The study shows that Thai economic system does not have effectiverules and regulations to prevent laundrying money both in the bankingsector and the non-banking one. In conclusion, the study suggests that prevention using Offectivelaws and regulations plus getting rid of existing economics crime and fraudwill help narrow down the abnormal fluctuation in the net balance ofpayment. Therefore, support is needed and necessary from all to helpprevent and protect economic crime and fraud from Thai economy

从1990年起泰国经济增长迅速扩张，经济犯罪与欺诈活动也随之相应增加。不仅如此，这些犯罪与欺诈行为正不断调整并发展新的手段和流程，以应对新法规并隐匿于体系之中，使其极难被察觉。本研究将经济犯罪与欺诈归类为直接影响国际收支误差异常变化的因素。此类影响体现为转移、变更等各类将非法资金或资产合法化的活动，这些活动被称为“洗钱（Laundering Money）”，且无疑对泰国国际收支净余额具有重要影响。研究表明，泰国经济体系在银行与非银行部门均缺乏有效法规以防范洗钱行为。综上，本研究建议通过实施有效法规进行预防，同时消除现有经济犯罪与欺诈活动，这将有助于缩小国际收支净余额的异常波动。因此，亟需各方支持，以防止并保护泰国经济免受此类经济犯罪与欺诈的侵害。