Finnish Fugitive Arrested in Bangkok Home by Immigration

1 hour ago, chickenslegs said:

Do you have a limit your rule?

Murder? Armed robbery? Grievous assault? Rape? Kiddie fiddling?

Or should all criminals be protected by the "no grassing" rule.

I'd say all people should mind their own business, yes.

It's the polices job to find criminals, not busy bodies.

13 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Did you read the OP? The guy was in major stealth mode so he probably wouldn't answer, meaning they would need to force entry. They used intel from the neighbors that the ONLY time he shows his face is when the tree trimmers are about.

As for derisory comments about 'only' being 4 million baht, it probably means a lot to those people the 4 million baht actually belongs to. Obviously not yours either.

I'm a poorly informed Canadian who was under the impression that Finland uses the €, which would make the figure €105,000, which isn't a princely sum to a government that has access to the printing press. 4 million sounds more impressive, I guess.

5 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

Well, good that a Finnish guy instead of the usual Brit or Russian got on the wrong-doers list... but he ended up on Interpol's list for a 4 million baht fraud (150k dollar fraud)... Interpol are lowering their standards and going after minows now.

I guess they are chasing every single dollar and dime now everywhere, as most countries are now, including Thailand, because they are skint and need to pay for unsustainable social programs to stay in power so that the masses don't gather outside their goverment offices shaking their pitchforks. Not sustainable though, and these politicians just kick the can down the road, but it will lead to ruin ultimately.

Pitchforks?

Vive la revolution!!

Sheesh ...

Everyone wants the bad guys gone... but this Finnish guy isn't bad enough? Really?

You ANgsters are something else.

2 hours ago, PJ71 said:

I'd say all people should mind their own business, yes.

It's the polices job to find criminals, not busy bodies.

You sound like another one unlikely to answer a knock on the door.

4 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I think it's cat and mouse, Lou. Yes, lock up the violent. I'd rather see police work than have a society where everyone is spying on each other.

It's not spying FFS, it's being socially responsible. You can't cherry pick what sort of criminality is acceptable just because it doesn't affect you. Criminal acts always impact on someone, somewhere. This mai bpen rai nonsense is for the locals.

16 hours ago, PJ71 said:

Lower than a snakes belly!

People should mind their own business.

Would you turn a blind eye if you knew your neighbor was sexually abusing his little kid?

53 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Would you turn a blind eye if you knew your neighbor was sexually abusing his little kid?

By minding my own business i'd have no idea what my neighbour was doing.

1 hour ago, PJ71 said:

By minding my own business i'd have no idea what my neighbour was doing.

Unless the child came to you for help.

It was a hypothetical question, intended to find out just how far you would take your position of “see no evil”.

18 hours ago, Cabradelmar said:

The Finnish government s doesn't mess around... An interpol notice for tax evasion of ~120k USD 😲

Finland ranks 2nd in national corruption tables. I imagine that the crime of fraud ranks very high on their list of things not to do and the police follows up every and all cases.

120k USD may not be much to some countries, but more than enough to get Finns excited.

I don’t know, but would imagine that issuing a red notice is akin to a form filling exercise conducted online. Not much overhead in doing it if a country is serious about eliminating corruption.

“Finland ranks 2nd out of 180 countries globally on the Transparency.org 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, making it one of the least corrupt nations in the world. It holds a score of 88 out of 100, sitting just behind Denmark in first place”.

19 hours ago, redwood1 said:

I agree 4 million can be a lot of money to one person...But for an Interpol crime, this is almost nothing....

Interpol deals with major international crimes...They simply have not dealt with modest tax issues like this that I can recall....

See my post above.

And Interpol simply records the red notice request. They don’t initiate it. If Finland wants to issue a request, Interpol will record it.

On 7/1/2026 at 3:27 PM, Cabradelmar said:

The Finnish government s doesn't mess around... An interpol notice for tax evasion of ~120k USD 😲

Not only that....

Speeding tickets in Finland are determined using a progressive "day-fine" system, where the penalty is calculated based on the severity of the offense and the driver's daily disposable income. Because of this, multimillionaires have famously received fines exceeding €120,000 for minor infractions.