Sri Lanka has cancelled their long stay visas for Russians recently due to poor behaviour issues. Take note Thailand, a good start anyhow to attack your 600,000 plus on the island....... when did we see the Aeroflot first flight water cannon arrival salute....... Oct. 2022 I believe...... what a turn of events which should have been seen much earlier...money clouds reality unfortunately.......... 

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul Addresses Alleged Foreign Mafia in Phuket, Vows to Take Serious Action

Do you think they are scared of your tough talking? They lived under Putin for most of their lives, for chrissakes!

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Meanwhile, many street vendors and tourism-related workers complained about alleged foreign mafia gangs in the Phuket local, mostly Russian nationals, taking over Thai people’s businesses, stated Thanakorn.

Reap what you sow, you invited them in with open arms and almost gave them the red carpet treatment.

TAT couldn't let them in fast enough to bolster their "Sand-box" scheme.. 

Sad you didn't do your homework and realise why most of Europe wouldn't let them in.

Russians have  a track record of this behaviour.

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The foreign mafia gangs reportedly were not afraid of laws as they allegedly smuggled illicit substances to their entertainment venues and were wealthy, paying off corrupt officials to avoid legal action, said Thanakorn. He wanted to reflect on the local problems and provide insight to the Thai Prime Minister and Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, for urgent inspection.

Increasingly bored of this.

 

Only place to have a 'card system', last week no mafia, clamp downs coming... never ending cycle.

Said to the wife, perhaps move to Samui for a quieter life.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The foreign mafia gangs reportedly were not afraid of laws as they allegedly smuggled illicit substances to their entertainment venues and were wealthy, paying off corrupt officials to avoid legal action

Scandalous.

Well, not only Phuket, Samui and Pattaya as well - known for Russians and their mafia there - I have witnessed it myself. Still holding a passport of that country, unfortunately...

Those dirty unwashed foreigners thinking they are better than us !!!!

The Russians seem to have had much better success annexing Phuket than they have had in Ukraine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thailand should take the same action as Sri Lanka regarding Russians. Refuse to renew their visas and give them 14 days to vacate the country. Just google "russians sri lanka"

"Mr. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the Deputy leader of the United Thai Nation, publicly revealed after visiting Phuket last week to inspect and gather information regarding an allegation of foreign mafia gangs in the area." Revealed what? Sentence construction much? 

3 minutes ago, Banana7 said:

Thailand should take the same action as Sri Lanka regarding Russians. Refuse to renew their visas and give them 14 days to vacate the country. Just google "russians sri lanka"

Do ya think they will be able to sell all their apartments and villas and businesses in 14 days ? 😉

Quite from phuket governor just a month back:

"The Phuket governor has confirmed, according to him, that there is no foreign mafia in Phuket."

 

And what come to bribing police, that's obviously fake news. Thai police not accept bribes. 

2 hours ago, zhounan said:

After deceiving millions of citizens with injections. After legalizing the sale of marijuana. Does this egg face still have a political role?

Have another beer 

He was so serious he went to his van and put on his killing face:

 

Russian Mafia. Finally just caught onto that. Doesn't come as a surprise, things are taken on board slowly.

3 minutes ago, ThaiFelix said:

He was so serious he went to his van and put on his killing face:

 

Definitely the 'dirty foreigner' look.............. 

7 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

There's likely no police still in service from the 70s and 80s...even early 90s, when Russians ran everything....Bangkok and Pattaya were full of them. Owning the cops...disappearing people, gambling and drugs etc.

It finally took a concerted effort to get them out....but now with Ukraine.....and a stupid tourism minister, they're coming in droves...good luck this time getting them to shut them down!

Well Sri Lanka has already addressed the problem by cancelling the visas of tens of thousands of Russians.

Wonder which way the deported will travel?

47 minutes ago, Jenkins9039 said:

Increasingly bored of this.

 

Only place to have a 'card system', last week no mafia, clamp downs coming... never ending cycle.

Said to the wife, perhaps move to Samui for a quieter life.

Dont think so, it's as bad over there so im told 

10 hours ago, rexpotter said:

Local men are very attracted to their women and their wallets.

Nonsense statement of the month. Congratulations

I would say it's to late to do anything about it, they are here to stay, 

Sir Lanka has the same problem but not for long, they are cancelling Ruskies visas giving them 2 weeks to leave, there was reported 300000 effected dodgers.

One step ahead of the Thais.

 

Chinese proverb... “If you open a window for fresh air, you have to expect some flies to blow in.”

Hardly a surprise, the mafia's here.  Another sign of the, imho, irresponsible government selling  off Thailand to hordes of tourists to rake in the money whilst corrupting the soul of a peoples, a heart of a nation with opportunistic and corrupt foreigners.

Wait, since when does anyone listen too what this "dirty" Thai says?

.."What sets these foreign mafia groups apart, as per Thanakorn’s account, is their apparent disregard for the law."....Hm,...As opposed to local mafias that respect the law ????

1 minute ago, off road pat said:

.."What sets these foreign mafia groups apart, as per Thanakorn’s account, is their apparent disregard for the law."....Hm,...As opposed to local mafias that respect the law ????

I guess the difference is that the Thai mafia are disregarding their own laws, whereas the Russians are disregarding someone else's laws.....bad form I'd say....5555

1) Phuket is controlled by the Thai mafia.

2) If any foreign mafia works in Phuket, then only because the Thai mafia allows them to work there.

3) So, whoever is seen doing the crimes, we can be sure Thais profit from it.

2 hours ago, Ironmike said:

To start with it's time to remove the Russian free visas now and send them all packing,, after all Putins still looking for soldiers why not send him the cowards that are here and in Bali, Sri Lanka and anywhere they have run too

Sri lanka recently kicked them all out. For basically the same thing this story describes. 

Never fear Nothin... here..

Once, long time ago, saw a docu about Russian mob in Pattya and the actions of Thai police.

Never ever heard again of proper actions to get rid of them. So they spread to Phuket, it is not a miracle, was just matter of time. 

Politicians (and police) are quite keen on knowing who the foreign Mafia perpetrators are... but not for the reasons you may think... They just want to be sure they're not leaving any money on the table 😉