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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... positions which enable them to tap into this extraction . Some politicians invest in buying candidatures , buying votes , and bargaining for ministerial positions . Some bureaucrats pay superiors to acquire prime THAILAND'S ILLEGAL ECONOMY.
... positions which enable them to tap into this extraction . Some politicians invest in buying candidatures , buying votes , and bargaining for ministerial positions . Some bureaucrats pay superiors to acquire prime THAILAND'S ILLEGAL ECONOMY.
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... positions . Some bureaucrats pay superiors to acquire prime appointments . These flows have a much broader impact than is seen by focusing exclusively on the exchanges between rent- seeking businessmen and rent - allocating politicians ...
... positions . Some bureaucrats pay superiors to acquire prime appointments . These flows have a much broader impact than is seen by focusing exclusively on the exchanges between rent- seeking businessmen and rent - allocating politicians ...
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... position by engaging in the trade themselves or by providing protection to traffickers in return for a share in the income . Some do not trade directly but employ agents or subordinates . A parliamentary committee on military affairs ...
... position by engaging in the trade themselves or by providing protection to traffickers in return for a share in the income . Some do not trade directly but employ agents or subordinates . A parliamentary committee on military affairs ...
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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