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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... bets on all the thousand possible combinations , he will win four times ) . The revenue margin is 50 percent . Wing bon . Players bet that one single digit will appear in the last three digits of the first - prize number . The winner ...
... bets on all the thousand possible combinations , he will win four times ) . The revenue margin is 50 percent . Wing bon . Players bet that one single digit will appear in the last three digits of the first - prize number . The winner ...
Page 51
... bet on it heavily , the host runs the risk of being cleaned out if the number comes up in the draw . Smaller hosts lessen this risk by hedging bets with the larger hosts ( see below ) . At the third level , each host has a sales network ...
... bet on it heavily , the host runs the risk of being cleaned out if the number comes up in the draw . Smaller hosts lessen this risk by hedging bets with the larger hosts ( see below ) . At the third level , each host has a sales network ...
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... bets totalling eight million baht . At the time of the raid clients were still phoning the host to place bets . The second was caught in a hotel with a mobile phone , fax machine , an eleven - page list of bets , and five million baht ...
... bets totalling eight million baht . At the time of the raid clients were still phoning the host to place bets . The second was caught in a hotel with a mobile phone , fax machine , an eleven - page list of bets , and five million baht ...
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