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 156
... migration to Brunei and Singapore is similar . In these countries , governments recognized the economic compulsion to admit foreign migrants . They quickly regularized the migration flow with definite rules and procedures . Lately Hong ...
... migration to Brunei and Singapore is similar . In these countries , governments recognized the economic compulsion to admit foreign migrants . They quickly regularized the migration flow with definite rules and procedures . Lately Hong ...
Page 157
... migrants but also from handling legal migrants to places like Taiwan where the earnings can be very high . In this chapter we attempt to estimate the revenue generated by migration of unskilled labour in and out of Thailand , and its ...
... migrants but also from handling legal migrants to places like Taiwan where the earnings can be very high . In this chapter we attempt to estimate the revenue generated by migration of unskilled labour in and out of Thailand , and its ...
Page 158
... migrants who constitute the single largest inward stream . Inevitably we are trying to estimate the inestimable . By definition , illegal income is not properly recorded . However , the scale of the business is so large that it de ...
... migrants who constitute the single largest inward stream . Inevitably we are trying to estimate the inestimable . By definition , illegal income is not properly recorded . However , the scale of the business is so large that it de ...
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