Former ministers, senior officials face charges of defrauding Thai berry pickers
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has decided to file charges against two former ministers and two senior Labour Ministry officials over human trafficking Thais who had gone to work in Finland as wild berry pickers and being linked to the wrongful collection of 3,000 baht from each of them to do so for […]
Read MoreHouses near Three Pagodas Pass suspected as human trafficking channels
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CERTAIN HOUSES IN VICINITY OF Three Pagodas Pass border area in Kanchanaburi are suspected as clandestine passageways for human trafficking and goods smuggling scams. Members of the House Committee on National Security, Border Affairs and National Strategies and Reform have recently visited Three Pagodas Pass area in Sangkhla district of […]
Read MoreSenator hit with drug-trafficking, money-laundering charges
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SENATOR UPAKIT PACHARIYANGKUN was today (Dec.14) pressed with drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges, plus alleged connection with transnational criminals. The Office of the Attorney-General lodged the charges against the senator for drug-trading, money-laundering and conspiring with transnational criminals at the Criminal Court. Upakit has been accused of conspiring to commit crimes […]
Read MoreMae Sai district chief transferred over sex trafficking of teen girls
IMMEDIATELY transferred today (July 7) were the chief and deputy chief of Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district after raids of two karaoke lounges on the Thai-Myanmar border found girls younger than 18 years of age serving customers with this being illegal sex trafficking of minors, MNG Online said. Mr. Manrat Rattanasukhon, director-general of Interior […]
Read MoreLow-grade meth pills, cheaper than soft drinks, entering Isaan
DRUG lords are sending cheap methamphetamine pills costing less than 10 baht each with the precursor being insecticide into the Northeast with 10 million of these pills seized over the past week, TV Channel 7 quoted senior Surasak Montri Task Force officers as saying today (Feb. 26). Col. Suriwat Akkaporn-dechapong, head of 21st Ranger […]
Read MoreNaval officer busted for drugs
A CHONBURI police team this morning (Dec. 15) arrested a naval officer on drug trafficking charges under a warrant issued by Nong Khai Provincial Court, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Col. Jakraphan Kittisiriphonkul, deputy chief of Chonburi Police, together with Pol. Col. Panya Dumlek, head of Sattahip police station, and their team took Petty Officer […]
Read MorePolice general transferred over drug allegations
NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas ordered the transfer of Pol. Maj. Gen.Wasamae Salae, head of Narathiwat provincial police, to the headquarters in Bangkok amid allegations of links to drug cartels, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Oct. 20). Pol. Gen. Damrongsak, who assigned Pol. Maj. Gen. Wasamae to duties at the Operations Centre, […]
Read MoreVictim files complaint against brutal romance scam in Philippines
A THAI woman filed a complaint with police about being tricked into working for a romance scam in the Philippines and being handcuffed and severely beaten, including use of electric shocks and waterboarding, upon asking to return home but finally being freed after paying 100,000 baht ransom but with a threat of filming and […]
Read MoreDrug trafficker killed in shootout with police
A DRUG TRAFFICKER identified as a major distributor in several districts of Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi provinces was shot dead by narcotics police in a shootout as he was trying to flee his home in a pickup truck with police chasing him in their sedan yesterday afternoon, Matichon newspaper said this morning (August 18). The […]
Read MoreHunt on for drug runners disguised as ambulance crew
POLICE are chasing drug traffickers disguised as ambulance paramedics who fled to Bangkok in their fake ambulance after a shootout in Saraburi province earlier today (June 5), Sanook.com said. Found after an inter-provincial road chase was the fake ambulance, carrying a Bangkok licence plate with no plate at the rear, abandoned in Soi Suwinthawong […]
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