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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... women become more exploited . The protection fees paid to the police increase and the women are made to work harder to defray this cost . Some local police officers are involved in the trafficking in Burmese women for prostitution ...
... women become more exploited . The protection fees paid to the police increase and the women are made to work harder to defray this cost . Some local police officers are involved in the trafficking in Burmese women for prostitution ...
Page 180
... woman . The Japanese agent then imposed a debt of 800,000 baht on the woman , making a profit of 425,000 baht . In August 1995 , a social worker from the NGO Friends of Women in Asia ( FOWIA ) found that the indenture amount had risen ...
... woman . The Japanese agent then imposed a debt of 800,000 baht on the woman , making a profit of 425,000 baht . In August 1995 , a social worker from the NGO Friends of Women in Asia ( FOWIA ) found that the indenture amount had risen ...
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... women for sex services . In the recession period of the early 1980s , labour export was seen as a means to reduce ... women : first , the domestic sex trade and sex tourism , and second , the national policy of exporting labour . On the ...
... women for sex services . In the recession period of the early 1980s , labour export was seen as a means to reduce ... women : first , the domestic sex trade and sex tourism , and second , the national policy of exporting labour . On the ...
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