News Forum - Phuket raids uncover multi-million baht foreign business schemes

[Thaiger]

In a crackdown on illicit foreign enterprises, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), in collaboration with the Immigration Police, Tourist Police, and other authorities, stormed three businesses in Phuket. These companies, ostensibly legitimate, are suspected of being fronts for illegal activities. Thaveewat Surasit, Director of the DSI’s Security Cases Division, revealed that the coordinated raids, … …

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[ChrisS]

"These investigations, ongoing since late last year, have spotlighted two primary groups: Europeans, predominantly Russians, and a cohort of Pakistanis and Indians,"

They are surprised by this? Now expand this operation to Pattaya Bangkok and Chiang Mai and see how many you scoop up!

[MrStretch]

...stormed three businesses in Phuket

Stormed the businesses, did they? Did they use battering rams to enter these hospitality businesses?  Did the employees resist with file folders and staplers?

Geez, the hyperbole.

[Ramanathan.P]

Don't simply raid the business only. Also raid those who have approved them in the first place over the years.