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Tiger Zoo shuttered, but problem only gets worse
New York Times, Published on 23/09/2019
» SI RACHA, Chon Buri: When Thai park rangers raided a popular zoo famous for letting visitors feed and handle tigers, their grisly haul three years ago shocked the world: 1,600 tiger parts, including pelts, amulets fashioned from skins, scores of teeth, 40 dead cubs found in a freezer and 20 more preserved in jars.
Wildlife trafficking ‘kingpin’ claims he was pawn
New York Times, Published on 25/09/2018
» Chumlong Lemthongthai, a Thai citizen, and his band of gun-toting prostitutes were surely one of the most remarkable of the ‘pseudo-hunting’ gangs behind the ongoing rhino poaching crisis.
Man to serve up to five years for attacking American
New York Times, Published on 29/10/2016
» MANILA, PHILIPPINES - A Thai man will serve a maximum of five years in prison after pleading guilty to obscene behaviour and causing serious injury to a New York tourist, who fell off a cliff in southern Thailand as she fled his initial attack, authorities said Friday.
American hospitalised in Phuket after sexual assault
New York Times, Published on 08/09/2016
» It was supposed to be a relaxing break at a friendly southern Thailand beach resort for Hannah Gavios, an adventurous 23-year-old New Yorker on a three-day leave from her job teaching English in Vietnam.
Malaysia fears US may ease trafficking stance
New York Times, Published on 11/07/2015
» WASHINGTON - Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and human rights advocates expressed alarm Friday over a report that the State Department might declare that Malaysia's record on human trafficking had improved since last year, even though, they say, the record has not.