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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... move to Khon Kaen where he joined up with a local businessman to start a cafe , underground lottery , massage parlours , brothels , and gambling dens . Teng - go used violence to get rid of competing gangsters in Khon Kaen . Back in ...
... move to Khon Kaen where he joined up with a local businessman to start a cafe , underground lottery , massage parlours , brothels , and gambling dens . Teng - go used violence to get rid of competing gangsters in Khon Kaen . Back in ...
Page 237
... moved out to an unregulated financial institution overseas and then transferred back into the legitimate financial system ... move heroin earn- ings into the banking system , until uncovered by the FBI ( Powis 1992 ) . It is difficult to ...
... moved out to an unregulated financial institution overseas and then transferred back into the legitimate financial system ... move heroin earn- ings into the banking system , until uncovered by the FBI ( Powis 1992 ) . It is difficult to ...
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... moves cash around but transmits debits and credits . It is based on a kin group whose members have set up branches ... moved through the phoi kuan network to another agent in Burma , who paid out cash to the heroin dealer . The phoi kuan ...
... moves cash around but transmits debits and credits . It is based on a kin group whose members have set up branches ... moved through the phoi kuan network to another agent in Burma , who paid out cash to the heroin dealer . The phoi kuan ...
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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