Guns, Girls, Gambling, Ganja: Thailand's Illegal Economy and Public PolicyGambling, prostitution, drugs, arms trading, oil smuggling, and trafficking in people -- these six illegal businesses are large and getting larger. They distort the economy and victimize people. They are increasingly linked together through networks of protection and organized crime. They help to fund Thailand's corrosive 'money politics' and to sustain corruption in the police. In this sequel to Corruption and Democracy in Thailand, the authors argue that control of the illegal economy, especially through reform of the police, is vital for the development of a modern economy and functioning democracy. |
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Page 166
... Japan . Most of them are Catholic and they meet at church on Sundays . In the 1990s a Thai community formed in Japan , but its members were primarily engaged in the trafficking of women or in businesses which prey on the women's income ...
... Japan . Most of them are Catholic and they meet at church on Sundays . In the 1990s a Thai community formed in Japan , but its members were primarily engaged in the trafficking of women or in businesses which prey on the women's income ...
Page 167
... Japan , this proportion has fallen to about 20 percent . In other words , about 80 percent of the women going to Japan in the mid - 1990s had the explicit intention of working in sex services . However , many did not know that once they ...
... Japan , this proportion has fallen to about 20 percent . In other words , about 80 percent of the women going to Japan in the mid - 1990s had the explicit intention of working in sex services . However , many did not know that once they ...
Page 193
... Japanese man and together they began working as agents to bring Thai women to Japan . Her husband would provide a recommendation letter for a fee of a hundred thousand baht . In 1993 when this story was told at a seminar , Noi was still ...
... Japanese man and together they began working as agents to bring Thai women to Japan . Her husband would provide a recommendation letter for a fee of a hundred thousand baht . In 1993 when this story was told at a seminar , Noi was still ...
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Casinos | 36 |
Underground Lottery | 45 |
Football Gambling | 73 |
Copyright | |
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