British Nationals Face Increased Scrutiny as Thailand Cracks Down on Crime

[Butts]

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi Didnt the Brit's deported all the Criminal's to Australia in 1788???  Now in 2025 the new British criminals are in Thailand???  Meanwhile the CIA doc's show the real Criminals own the Banks.....

[hotsun]

Not enough british people in thailand for their money to matter. Thailands real masters are the chinese and russians

[sambum]

1 hour ago, trevoromgh said:

So why were Brits singled out by this story if, as stated at the end,  "the majority of the estimated 500,000 criminal cases dealt with annually by Thai police do not involve foreigners. Of those that do, Brits represent a small fraction, with arrests often attributed to naivety, especially in drug trafficking cases."  other nationalities are more inclined to offend ?  Seems like we're being victimised by having to lose face again.  Charming.

 

"Thailand has long been a popular destination for British tourists, but recent reports suggest a concerning trend: an apparent uptick in criminal activities involving British nationals." 

 

Beat me to that one! No mention of any other nationalities where the "real" criminals seem to come from - Chinese triads, Russian mafia, Nigerian scammers etc etc.

 

Seems that a handful of Brits caught at Samui Airport attempting to smuggle out cannabis are to blame for "an apparent uptick in criminal activities involving British nationals".

 

Priorities eh?   

[BexMan]

“Thailand has long been a popular destination for British tourists, but recent reports suggest a concerning trend: an apparent uptick in criminal activities involving British nationals. This development has captured the attention of both Thai authorities and international observers.”

 

Lazy journalism akin to click bait. The British Embassy issued a report with the number of British arrested in 2024 as totalling 220, so the Journalist decided to do a story. Other than 2015/6 when 194 British were arrested, there are no other figures available hence “apparent uptick” Hardly a significant increase of 26 people from 7/8 years ago and for all the Journalist knows it could have actually decreased from 2023. 

 

The 220 only represent 1.5% of the total 14275 Foreigners arrested. If figures for Russian and Chinese arrests were available I suspect they would be significantly higher.

 

[sambum]

1 hour ago, newbee2022 said:

🤣🤣🤣 Again, they made it to the headline. Congrats 😂😂😂.

 

And thank you RTP to go after British (and others) riffraff. Out with the criminals.❤️

I admit there are some they can stay here 🤗. 

In this connection it will be a good and wise decision to change the visa rules 

 

With posts like that I remember why I put you on my "Ignored" list - absolute garbage post!  "out with the criminals. I admit there are some  they can stay here"??? That's extremely kind of you!

[sambum]

42 minutes ago, SongSomSoda said:

no visa on arival , intense background criminal checks before visas a granted for all british nationals older then 6 

 

And other nationalities? Don't want to offend the Chinese or Russians? Totally racist post 😞  

[Joe Boy Walton]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

 

Thai authorities are now better equipped to identify and apprehend offenders. Recent cases, such as the capture of a British national involved in child molestation identified from fake passport details, showcase these technological advancements.

Didn't this guy get sick and go home? And was caught at home? How were the "Thai authorities" involved in this other than saying "yep, he was here"?

[Jeff the Chef]

1 hour ago, dr_lucas said:

And I thought British manners are still a thing... 

 

1 hour ago, jvs said:

I beg your pardon?

 

Excuse me.

[jvs]

41 minutes ago, Butts said:

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi Didnt the Brit's deported all the Criminal's to Australia in 1788???  Now in 2025 the new British criminals are in Thailand???  Meanwhile the CIA doc's show the real Criminals own the Banks.....

They used to hang out in Spain but then Brexit happened.

[jcmj]

How can they really say that they don’t have specific numbers of the people that are breaking the laws. The headline in every article starts of with a Foreigner from _______ did________or was caught doing ________. Just read the news headlines and you will get pretty much an idea of where they are from and what they did. 

[PomPolo]

1 hour ago, SongSomSoda said:

no visa on arival , intense background criminal checks before visas a granted for all british nationals older then 6 

And also for people that can't spell Sangsom

[Dogmatix]

Stickman does appear to produce any evidence for his assertions.

[Gottfrid]

2 hours ago, trevoromgh said:

So why were Brits singled out by this story if, as stated at the end

Because it was a story of foreign criminality. The thing you got hooked on, was just a side note.

[quake]

Yeah Yeah, Yeah.

Get them bad brits. 

 

[MalcolmB]

Britain has been overrun by immigrants. 
Many of which who are criminals.

Then they get a British passport, come over here, get caught and it gets reported as one of us.

 

Life isn’t fair sometimes.

 

 

[MalcolmB]

1 hour ago, Butts said:

Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi Didnt the Brit's deported all the Criminal's to Australia in 1788???

From 1788 to 1868 

We emptied the country of all our trash to Australia for 80 years.

Multi generational thing.

That is why when I meet Australians I am always wary and keep an eye on my belongings. 
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. It is in their DNA. 
They are generally friendly but you can’t trust any of them.

[Maxbkkcm]

14 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

From 1788 to 1868 

We emptied the country of all our trash to Australia for 80 years.

Multi generational thing.

That is why when I meet Australians I am always wary and keep an eye on my belongings. 
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. It is in their DNA. 
They are generally friendly but you can’t trust any of them.

You really think that way about ozzies? 
 

But how you explain that Australia achieved wealth, great infrastructure, and functional country. On par with the UK, Germany ect Even though it was build by ex convict. How do you explain that ? 

[keysersoze276]

7 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

I'm not so sure about that.

Be careful. About 10-12 years ago they put an iPad with a SIM card in a BMW and called it a smart car. They could honestly look up your facebook profile if you gave them the name. 
 

Who knows what they will come up with next?  They might coordinate databases between provinces like USA did with the states back in the 1980’s and perhaps even look up your TM30. 
 

Just kidding. I called the immigration hotline and gave them every detail of my passport and adress that I self reported, just for fun and they had no idea where I lived.  It’s a joke. No joke.  Big Joke.   

[Patong2021]

3 hours ago, trevoromgh said:

So why were Brits singled out by this story if, as stated at the end,  "the majority of the estimated 500,000 criminal cases dealt with annually by Thai police do not involve foreigners. Of those that do, Brits represent a small fraction, with arrests often attributed to naivety, especially in drug trafficking cases."  other nationalities are more inclined to offend ?  Seems like we're being victimised by having to lose face again.  Charming.

 

Because the usual blaming of Israelis, Americans and Australians was last month. This month it is UK nationals. Next month, maybe it will be Germans.

[Thordart]

That's all well and good as long as they investigate criminals from all countries.

[Patong2021]

 

40 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

From 1788 to 1868 

We emptied the country of all our trash to Australia for 80 years.

Multi generational thing.

That is why when I meet Australians I am always wary and keep an eye on my belongings. 
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. It is in their DNA. 
They are generally friendly but you can’t trust any of them.

 

Give it a rest. Less than 20% of the Australian population can trace heritage back to the deportees.  Australia is a great nation and its government has demonstrated much more integrity than alot of the inbred European barbarian nations.  You can enjoy the delights of Dianne Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Truss.

[portisaacozzy]

3 hours ago, Andrew65 said:

The only real way of scrutinising people is before they arrive, by requiring them to obtain a visa before travel. But if all the Brits with a criminal record were denied a visa it would probably drastically reduce numbers.
I think they are just getting what they're bound to get when they allow people to arrive unchecked, and as someone else mentions, it ain't just Brits. (Pre-COVID figures suggested that more Brits visit Thailand than any other farang nationality).

'erm ' those smart cars are doing what now ???.

[MalcolmB]

36 minutes ago, Maxbkkcm said:

But how you explain that Australia achieved wealth, great infrastructure, and functional country. On par with the UK, Germany ect Even though it was build by ex convict. How do you explain that ? 

Huge country with a lot of holes in the ground.

Keep digging.

Without mining you would be third world and in poverty.

[Cameroni]

 I suppose things in the UK are going downhill economically, so certain sectors of the population are resorting to whatever means to make some cash.

 

Imagine if Brits become the new Albanians.

[jojothai]

Total nonsense without any statistics.

With all the smart technologies, they cannot even compile basic statistics.

 

Crack down on crime, yes.

But have some basis for properly judging the trends instead of relying on media reports.

Its obviously too much to expect.

[John Drake]

The British can be pretty bad, but I thought it was the Swiss who went around kicking women.

[keysersoze276]

I’m not British, so I could be wrong, but didn’t the British Embassy advise Brits to avoid travel to Thailand 2-3 weeks ago?  If my foggy memory serves me right, is a sudden crackdown targeting Brits some crazy coincidence?  
 

Sorry fellas, Thailand had to scapegoat somebody. I’m pretty sure if Thailand somehow magically deported every single Brit in Thailand, it would just make more room for the others and foreign crime would escalate. Not to say foreign crime is more rampant that Thai crime and corruption.  

[keysersoze276]

7 minutes ago, John Drake said:

The British can be pretty bad, but I thought it was the Swiss who went around kicking women.

You referred to a single incident that happened two years ago?  Should they now harass the Swiss?  Nice cheapshot you tired to sneak in on the Brits, btw. 

[John Drake]

6 minutes ago, keysersoze276 said:

You referred to a single incident that happened two years ago?  Should they now harass the Swiss?  Nice cheapshot you tired to sneak in on the Brits, btw. 

 

About one year ago. February 2024 in the headliner in Phuket. And in March 2024 in Trang, when a Swissie kicked around an older Thai woman in a supermarket. Then, there's this one just a few days ago; another Swiss kicker--https://www.pattayamail.com/news/from-road-rage-to-arrest-swiss-tourist-dropkicks-thai-man-after-motorcycle-collision-in-pattaya-494323

[jwl53]

Another post to bring the brit washers out, but are you bashing the English, the Scottish, the Irish, or the Welsh? I wonder if the bashers know