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 70
... leave it as it is but to tax it . This may be difficult because hosts will be unwilling to reveal themselves . The second is to switch players from the underground to the official lottery by campaigning against the huay taidin and by ...
... leave it as it is but to tax it . This may be difficult because hosts will be unwilling to reveal themselves . The second is to switch players from the underground to the official lottery by campaigning against the huay taidin and by ...
Page 91
... leave Thailand as air cargo or are hidden on bodies of passengers at Don Muang airport ; or travel by sea via Klong Toey port ; or cross the Thai - Cambodia border at Ko Kong ; or cross the Thai - Malaysia border in the south . In 1994 ...
... leave Thailand as air cargo or are hidden on bodies of passengers at Don Muang airport ; or travel by sea via Klong Toey port ; or cross the Thai - Cambodia border at Ko Kong ; or cross the Thai - Malaysia border in the south . In 1994 ...
Page 99
... leaving 725-825 tons which is equivalent to 181–206 tons of dried marijuana . Eight tons of dried marijuana was seized by the police , leaving 173- 198 tons . This represents less than 10 percent of the total quantity consumed . The ...
... leaving 725-825 tons which is equivalent to 181–206 tons of dried marijuana . Eight tons of dried marijuana was seized by the police , leaving 173- 198 tons . This represents less than 10 percent of the total quantity consumed . The ...
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activities amount amphetamine areas baht a day baht a month Bangkok Post bank bets border brothels Burma Burmese businessmen Cambodia casino owner casinos Chat Chiang Chulalongkorn University clients companies contraband arms corruption cost countries crime diesel oil drug trafficking earn establishments estimated export football gambling gamblers government lottery government officials gunmen heroin Hong Kong huay hosts huay taidin hundred baht hundred thousand baht illegal economy important income interview involved jao mue Japan Japanese Khmer Rouge khon doen phoi Khun Khun Sa labour logging major mama-san marijuana Matichon migrants million baht money laundering money-laundering laws National oil smuggling ONCB operate opium percent Phujatkan players police officers policemen political politicians profit Prostitutes in Thailand province rent-seeking revenue sales agents sales sheets sex services sex workers suppress survey syndicates TABLE tambon Taopoon Thai government Thai prostitutes Thai women Thailand turnover underground lottery value-added