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 157
... opportunities overseas . They are motivated by the desire to improve themselves by whatever means possible . For many the feeling of pai tai auo dapna [ go prepared to die in the next war / trip ] is so strong that they are prepared to ...
... opportunities overseas . They are motivated by the desire to improve themselves by whatever means possible . For many the feeling of pai tai auo dapna [ go prepared to die in the next war / trip ] is so strong that they are prepared to ...
Page 184
... opportunity to acquire skills . A large proportion of the remittance is used for current consumption , housing , and debt ... opportunities . Certainly some migrants succeed and come back home with money - primarily those who work under ...
... opportunity to acquire skills . A large proportion of the remittance is used for current consumption , housing , and debt ... opportunities . Certainly some migrants succeed and come back home with money - primarily those who work under ...
Page 240
... opportunities to avoid tax and to benefit from exchange rate differences . The phoi kuan network no longer moves cash around but transmits debits and credits . It is based on a kin group whose members have set up branches in different ...
... opportunities to avoid tax and to benefit from exchange rate differences . The phoi kuan network no longer moves cash around but transmits debits and credits . It is based on a kin group whose members have set up branches in different ...
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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