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Alleged triad boss surrenders to cops
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/11/2022
» A Chinese businessman dubbed "Tuhao" turned himself in to Bangkok police yesterday to answer allegations of involvement in the illicit drug trade.
Slovak police detain Italian suspects named by slain journalist
AFP, Published on 01/03/2018
» BRATISLAVA - Slovak police on Thursday detained several Italian businessmen named by murdered journalist Jan Kuciak in an explosive report on alleged high-level corruption linked to the Italian mafia, as his killing sparked fresh demonstrations in the EU state.
Girls on film
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 02/03/2020
» The Fem Film Festival returns to Bangkok on Friday with a selection of movies that explore the struggles and achievements of women. Following a successful inaugural run last year, the festival is back and will be held at the Bangkok Screening Room in time for International Women's Day this Sunday.
Panel to look into Chada's son-in-law
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/10/2023
» A fact-finding panel has been ordered to be formed to look into a bribery case allegedly involving a former mayor of a municipality in Uthai Thani -- a son son-in-law of Deputy Interior Minister Chada Thaised -- and a number of local officials.
'Gangs of foreigners' accused of stealing jobs from locals in Phuket
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 19/02/2023
» The hospitality sector in Phuket is urging the government to solve the issue of foreign mafia on the resort island.
Weapons crackdown nets 12 suspects
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 10/06/2025
» Twelve suspects have been arrested with 18 guns and more than 30,000 rounds of ammunition seized as part of a nationwide crackdown on illegal firearms trading, Thai police said on Tuesday.
Cry for help from Moei River 'scam city'
News, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 10/01/2025
» 'Do you think I can get out of here?" the question induced sudden dead air as no one could answer it. But for people familiar with the stories of a city of scammers located in a border town in Myanmar, it is not difficult to feel the gravity of terror inflicted on the woman who raised such a question.
Just fine, in theory
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/12/2022
» Re: "Passenger safety derailed," (BP, Dec 5).
Brazil captures fugitive Italian mob boss
AFP, Published on 25/05/2021
» BRASíLIA: Italian mob boss Rocco Morabito was arrested Monday in northeast Brazil, police said, almost two years after his escape from a prison in Uruguay where he was awaiting extradition to Italy.
Foreign gangs accused of stealing jobs in Phuket
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/02/2023
» The hospitality industry in Phuket wants the government to stop foreign mafia groups getting more involved in business on the resort island.