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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... Thai- Burmese border adjacent to the provinces of Chiang Rai , Mae Hong Son , Tak , Kanchanaburi , Prachuab Khiri ... Thai government has fanned these conflicts , partly because of the historical enmity between Burma and Thailand , and ...
... Thai- Burmese border adjacent to the provinces of Chiang Rai , Mae Hong Son , Tak , Kanchanaburi , Prachuab Khiri ... Thai government has fanned these conflicts , partly because of the historical enmity between Burma and Thailand , and ...
Page 180
... Thai agents spent up to 150,000 baht for the cost of travel , documents , training and other expenses for each woman ... Thai migrants who were in Japan in 1993-5 would have travelled before August 1995 . For workers going to Taiwan ...
... Thai agents spent up to 150,000 baht for the cost of travel , documents , training and other expenses for each woman ... Thai migrants who were in Japan in 1993-5 would have travelled before August 1995 . For workers going to Taiwan ...
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... Thai Cambodian Timber Trade , July 1995 . Suleeman Naruemon . 1988. Nang ngam tu krajok : kan suksa krabuankan klai ben mo nuat thai [ Beautiful girls in the glass room : the process of becoming a masseuse in Thailand ] . Bangkok : Thai ...
... Thai Cambodian Timber Trade , July 1995 . Suleeman Naruemon . 1988. Nang ngam tu krajok : kan suksa krabuankan klai ben mo nuat thai [ Beautiful girls in the glass room : the process of becoming a masseuse in Thailand ] . Bangkok : Thai ...
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Casinos | 36 |
Underground Lottery | 45 |
Football Gambling | 73 |
Copyright | |
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