Government to target drug dealers and their assets

[webfact]

 

By Natcha Patanasophon

 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha said on Tuesday that the government is aiming to crack down on the internal drug trade by targeting the financial assets involved in the trade.

 

Thailand’s narcotics trade is valued at 2.2 trillion baht in 2020. It is a fourfold increase from 2014 since Prayut’s government seized power. 

 

“The Prime Minister is focusing on breaking the cycle of drug trafficking while following the amended narcotics code,” Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the government spokesman, told reporters at Government House.

 

Full story: https://www.thaienquirer.com/36018/government-to-target-drug-dealers-and-their-assets/

 

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[JoePai]

You mean they have not done so up to now !!

[Mr Meeseeks]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Prime Minister is focusing on breaking the cycle of drug trafficking while following the amended narcotics code,”

Yet he was perfectly happy having a convicted heroin trafficker in a ministerial position. 

 

Odd. 

[Paulaew]

They seem to have done a miserable job of enforcing the law in the 7 years since they seized power. But now they've found an angle that makes the job attractive -- seizing the assets of the drug dealers.

 

Of course all those assets will be duly accounted for ...

 

Paul Laew

Edited December 21, 2021 by Paulaew

[Mavideol]

14 minutes ago, webfact said:

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha said on Tuesday that the government is aiming to crack down on the internal drug trade by targeting the financial assets involved in the trade.

it's always better to start the crack down from within his own government....., having a member of his government that was convicted for dealing drugs

[kotsak]

I would like to see the foot hitting the head.. Needs some skill for that..

[Karma80]

I'm sure his convicted drug smuggler minister will be able to give valuable insights into those operations not paying enough to the police.

[tomacht8]

Thailand’s narcotics trade is valued at 2.2 trillion baht in 2020. It is a fourfold increase from 2014 since Prayut’s government seized power. 

 

One Business which is actually showing strong growth under his government oversight. 

400% increase in drugs and 99% decrease in tourism.

The government and law enforcement agencies must have slept properly for the past 6 years.

Edited December 21, 2021 by tomacht8

[koratkarlos]

Just like Joe Ferrari.  Amazing.

[tomazbodner]

Will official plastic bags also be distributed to various police stations?

[Andycoops]

A bit late in the day, they've only be at at it for decades.

Another fruitless statement.

[TheScience]

What they need to do is a full-on incursion into Myanmar. Let it rain down Hell and damnation on all those drug labs.

[zzaa09]

Well....one has to make a profitable living during these trying and troubled times. 

[The Hammer2021]

Overpriced trainers and a hip hop collection!

[humqdpf]

6 hours ago, JoePai said:

You mean they have not done so up to now !!

Various countries have set up a Criminal Assets Bureau (first one in the Republic of Ireland in 1996) under various names. Usually separate from the police but appointed by the Ministry of Justice or equivalent, the bureau has powers to go after any assets in the jurisdiction where the alleged owner cannot account for how they were able to acquire those assets. Gets rid of drug dealers having assets in the name of their mothers. wives, children etc. This is not last word on drug dealing - in fact, such bureaus go after all sorts of criminals, especially organized crime who are not involved in drug dealing directly. But it is a start. At least the criminals have to move to another country to safeguard houses and other assets and that will, to an extent, makes it difficult for them to be involved in corruption too.

[kiwikeith]

13 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Yet he was perfectly happy having a convicted heroin trafficker in a ministerial position. 

 

Odd. 

Was that his name? 

The Australian authority's got it wrong, didn't you know, he didn't do it. 

[Thechook]

15 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Yet he was perfectly happy having a convicted heroin trafficker in a ministerial position. 

 

Odd. 

Apparently according to Thai Court that offence, conviction and prison time isn't recognised as it was in Australia.  Foreign convictions against Thais aren't recognised in Thailand.

[lujanit]

If this crackdown comes about a few politicians and a lot of cops are going to very poor and in the slammer for a long time.

 

 With so much money at stake there’s more than to pay off everyone up the food chain.

 

So just another pronouncement of intentions not action.

[mikebell]

The cops will never enforce it - it goes against their own.

[daveAustin]

It is a four-fold increase because everyone is getting on it to escape the utter misery that this pissant government is inflicting on the people!

[Henryford]

Four fold increase since the military junta came to power. Says it all.

[bbko]

"The newly amended narcotics code went into effect on December 9. The code emphasizes asset seizure, disrupting the narcotics cycle, and drug networks. Thanakorn also stated that the government is aiming to confiscate ten billion baht from the narcotics trade in 2022."

 

So when Joe Ferrari was trying to extort disrupt that last guy, he was simply ahead of his time?

 

 

[Pedrogaz]

Seems that Joe Ferrari's wealth has made some others jealous.

[Pedrogaz]

16 hours ago, TheScience said:

What they need to do is a full-on incursion into Myanmar. Let it rain down Hell and damnation on all those drug labs.

Starting wars hasn't been such a great idea in the past. Invade part of Myanmar, and they just might invade a part of Thailand just as the millions of tourists are about to come. 

[Mr Meeseeks]

14 hours ago, humqdpf said:

Various countries have set up a Criminal Assets Bureau (first one in the Republic of Ireland in 1996) under various names. Usually separate from the police but appointed by the Ministry of Justice or equivalent, the bureau has powers to go after any assets in the jurisdiction where the alleged owner cannot account for how they were able to acquire those assets. Gets rid of drug dealers having assets in the name of their mothers. wives, children etc. This is not last word on drug dealing - in fact, such bureaus go after all sorts of criminals, especially organized crime who are not involved in drug dealing directly. But it is a start. At least the criminals have to move to another country to safeguard houses and other assets and that will, to an extent, makes it difficult for them to be involved in corruption too.

Foxes guarding the henhouse here in Thailand though.

[Mr Meeseeks]

5 hours ago, Thechook said:

Apparently according to Thai Court that offence, conviction and prison time isn't recognised as it was in Australia.  Foreign convictions against Thais aren't recognised in Thailand.

Yep, hypocrisy in its purest form.

 

And I guarantee a foreign conviction would be recognised, if it were one of their opponents that was convicted overseas, and not one of their mafia thugs that they rely on to keep everyone in line. 

Edited December 22, 2021 by Mr Meeseeks

[Mr Meeseeks]

17 hours ago, TheScience said:

What they need to do is a full-on incursion into Myanmar. Let it rain down Hell and damnation on all those drug labs.

And destroy the source of all that trafficking profit? 

 

15 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

Starting wars hasn't been such a great idea in the past. Invade part of Myanmar, and they just might invade a part of Thailand just as the millions of tourists are about to come. 

Let's not forget the Yellow Shirt incited conflict with Cambodia between 2008 and 2011.

 

Border skirmishes over the Hindu/Khmer Preah Vihear temple and surrounding land ensued, resulting in a Thai withdrawal from the area, big loss of face and an eventual International Court of Justice ruling in Cambodia's favour.

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 hour ago, Henryford said:

Four fold increase since the military junta came to power. Says it all.

Power of the coup and a result of no accountability for anything. 

 

Predictable though, shame the less astute of us here were blinded with a Thaksin obsession that meant they couldn't see the wood for the trees. 

[ozzydon]

I would like to know whos going to check up on the corrupt cops probably no one

[HaoleBoy]

15 hours ago, humqdpf said:

Various countries have set up a Criminal Assets Bureau (first one in the Republic of Ireland in 1996) under various names. Usually separate from the police but appointed by the Ministry of Justice or equivalent, the bureau has powers to go after any assets in the jurisdiction where the alleged owner cannot account for how they were able to acquire those assets. Gets rid of drug dealers having assets in the name of their mothers. wives, children etc. This is not last word on drug dealing - in fact, such bureaus go after all sorts of criminals, especially organized crime who are not involved in drug dealing directly. But it is a start. At least the criminals have to move to another country to safeguard houses and other assets and that will, to an extent, makes it difficult for them to be involved in corruption too.

This would be useful to go after the assets of the Gov politicians too! 

Pinocchio should clean his own house to really show he's doing something.