Iron Tongue

I understand all that. Qatar had 1.4 million visitors just for the World Cup, btw. But since this article is about the number of people who SEARCHED travel destinations, and may not actually travelled, wouldn't you think the World Cup location would at least motivate people to look into it? And again Angra dos Reis, Brazil, made it into the top searches?

Probably because he used this one. That .380 pistol had a threaded muzzle. It's a murder weapon.

So Qatar didn't make it on that list even though they just hosted the World Cup, yet Angra dos Reis, Brazil, did?

Restaurant supply stores. They'll even deliver depending on the size if your order. Otherwise, have you tried Tesco Lotus?

That does not look like anywhere near 1,000,000 baht of jewelry. And I assume the 700,000 baht cash was somehow lost during chases of the criminals?

Sure you can, I'm sure every establishment would honor gold coins! Just don't expect to get any change back.

That ship was foundering for hours. With that much time available to get abovedeck and abandon ship, how could 31 sailors be lost with the ship? There are more questions than answers, and I doubt any official investigation will reveal what actually happened. Too many admirals' careers are at stake.

Dude, chillax! You seem to have missed my sarcasm, so I'll explain it to you. 1. Different govts treat crime differently. Sweden pursues a man who stole $1 million, while the USA doesn't even arrest someone who has fraudulently stole multiple billions of $ (btw SBF is probably free because he contributed over $40 million to politicians this year, apparently with money stolen from clients) 2. The "upping their game" was directed at criminals not the police, meaning that Thailand deserves wealthier criminals. -sheesh!

Big time fraudster caught! This Swede stole ~$1 million over three years and hides in Thailand! Meanwhile, some fat slob named Sam Bankman-Fried embezzles $3-10 billion over roughly the same amount of time and hides in the Bahamas! I think Thailand really needs to up,its game if it wants to compete as a haven for fraudsters!

My guess is that he has been slaving away in the back of a restaurant or construction project all this time. He probably got snitched-out the day after he went to his boss and asked to be paid for the 3-years of labor he has already performed.

No economic vision. As Western countries seek to move health & technology manufacturing out of China, all the other Asian nations are throwing themselves at these companies to set-up factories in their countries, but how much has Thailand chased after them? I don't see much activity at all for this kind of future. Just ask yourself, would the Japanese, Koreans, Taiwanese, Singaporians, etc. rather work in Thailand or India?

Sounds like one lucky Russian had his prayers answered. BOTH headaches gone!

You always show up at these posts about Thai police matters and insert an "If it was the US, they'd have already shot him..." comment. Are you sure you aren't a Chinese sock puppet here to spread disinformation?

I'm guessing he sold guns to finance his retirement. -Or he let his house be used as a holding house for a gang. No way would a collector or shooter have 4 pistol grip only (PGO) shotguns. PGOs only work well in movies, in the real world, they hurt like hell to shoot and are inaccurate becauss you can't aim them.

Dude, If you want to talk using reason and rationale, you're in the wrong country! Why don't you go slam 10 shots of random liquors, then come back and try posting again!

I'm pretty sure his father-in-law has already picked-through the spoils to decide what to keep or give up to confiscation. Joe Ferrari is a commoner who was lucky enough to marry into a powerful family. It was the FIL who opened all the doors to his impossible promotions, and now that he's publicly convicted of murder, will close those doors forever.

While China is enjoying poisoning the US with fentanyl, drug traffickers are spreading fentanyl drugs back to their own youth. Fentanyl cannot be detected by existing test kits for opoids & amphetamines and so I have doubts that Thai medical examiners have conducted a complete drug screening.

Luxury Karaoke = Brothel. That's the saddest KTV I've ever heard of. 237 men and 29 women... That's like 10-men per room and only 1.9 women companions. Successful Asian luxury KTVs would have way more women than men to sing along and keep pouring the beer & cognac +cola.

Ornamental gold = plated gold? Have you visited a silversmith to have a replacement made in silver? If you are willing to leave that part in silver, perhaps the silversmith will do it for you.

5-year closure? So this Chinese national wouldn't think of reopening it under a different name or anything like that?

Just remember to put the cucumber in the FRONT this year!

North Korea is a primary source of counterfeit US$100 bill. They have always used SE Asian countries to launder their fake bills. Notice that these notes are all the old style of discontinued banknotes and not the new "blue" banknotes printed in multicolored inks, metallic inks, and incorporating a wide hologram strip. North Korea is unable to counterfeit those.

Hey, in this case, it may have been a Ukrainian! I'm glad the Thais handled this case so expertly and used a multi-Agency task force to sniff-out and chase-down this 59 year old threat.

You left out my part about almost all of them being illegally possessed. Primarily as carry-overs from the decades of war there. And I agree about no attrocities there. I think that the Cambodians truly lost the desire for war after the Khmer Rouge agreed to stop fighting. They were simply tired of war. (Of course, this doesn't include gangsters and criminals, who'll kill you over a gambling debt)

I had always thought it was Cambodia. When I was working for an NGO there, the estimate was one-in-three adults had a firearm. But then again, their population is much smaller than Thailand, so I guess total # is much smaller. -But I still believe that % of gunowners is higher there. Although "legally owned" probably numbers at 100<.