News Forum - Russian nominee business bust exposes 1.5 billion baht scandal

[Thaiger]

In a dramatic crackdown on illegal businesses in Phuket, 231 suspects, including 98 foreign nationals, mostly Russians, have been arrested, revealing a scandal worth over 1.5 billion baht. The Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECSD), under the directive of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) commissioner Police General Jirabhop Bhuridej, raided several accounting and real estate firms … …

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[ChrisS]

555 Only taken a decade or so for the authorities to wake up to what has been as clear as you like to anyone living in Phuket. Now might I suggest they conduct similar operations in many other areas, I would suggest starting with Pattaya and Bangkok.

[Vigo]

L

et me know if anyone gets deported or sanctioned.

[Fanta]

You cannot help but suspect that the authorities allow these illegal enterprises to grow and grow until they become a rich purse for the taking. 

[MrStretch]

Who, in their right mind, didn't know this was going on, and would explode with the lack of concern the TAT and the government have demonstrated in chasing the holy grail of Russian and Ukrainian money after the invasion?

The Russian mafia has been in the country for some time.  Invite in more Russians and you invite in more crime.  Simple.

[Pinetree]

7 hours ago, MrStretch said:

Who, in their right mind, didn't know this was going on, and would explode with the lack of concern the TAT and the government have demonstrated in chasing the holy grail of Russian and Ukrainian money after the invasion?

The Russian mafia has been in the country for some time.  Invite in more Russians and you invite in more crime.  Simple.

The Russians have tried all this before, in Pattaya in the mid/late 90s, muscling in on the territory of the locals.  The Thai Mafia got rid of them that time,  double quick, sometimes in the most brutal of ways. 

[ChrisS]

3 hours ago, Pinetree said:

The Thai Mafia got rid of them that time,

Sad to say they didn't get rid of them just weakened them and drove them a bit more underground, they are emerging again now in force in many places in Thailand

[Ramanathan.P]

Nothing can be done as long as everyone in the country is having a hand in the cookie jar.