Iranian Held In Bombings, Forgery

[Lite Beer]

Iranian held in bombings, forgery

Kamphi Arbsuwan

The Nation on Sunday

BANGKOK: -- An Iranian has been arrested for an alleged link to a big passport-forgery gang and to bomb blasts in Bangkok on February 14.

Police identified the suspect as Parknejed Seyed Ramin, 44.

A joint operation by various authorities, including a Canadian agency, led to his arrest in Pattaya.

Police found fake passport pages in the names of more than 3,000 people at his condominium. Evidence linking Ramin to an overseas-based gang was also found.

"Although he made just a partial confession, we have found solid evidence against him," Pol Colonel Songsak Raksaksakulsaid said at a press conference on Friday evening. He heads the Bureau of Foreign Affairs and Transnational Crime of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).

Songsak said countries such as Canada, Britain and Australia had arrested more than 1,000 foreigners carrying fake passports produced in Thailand.

"Our investigation has revealed that an Iranian gang has used Thailand as a base in forging passports. Each fake passport costs over Bt30,000," Songsak said.

Relevant authorities believe that Ramin's gang has been in operation for no less than five years and may have already generated more than Bt90 million in income.

"The passport forgery has facilitated the operations of transnational criminals," Songsak said. "We have to crack down on such illegal activities."

The authorities also suspect Ramin played a role in the bomb blasts in Phra Khanong on February 14 this year.

Police have detained several Iranians over the explosion. One of them was arrested at the scene with serious injuries, after a bomb blew off one of his legs.

-- The Nation 2012-06-10

[chrisinth]

I wonder what the link will be between the forgery and terrorism? You would think that a successful forgery ring would want to be a million miles away from throwing bombs.

Just sayin'

[Buchholz]

Police identified the suspect as Parknejed Seyed Ramin

Police found fake passport pages in the names of more than 3,000 people at his condominium.

The authorities also suspect Ramin played a role in the bomb blasts

Parknejed Seyed Ramin

Sattahip Post (article in Thai)

http://sattahippost.com/?p=5396

Edited June 10, 2012 by Buchholz

[krisb]

looks abit like aleksi sales from young ones haha. how pale is he? another scum bag in pattaya....its a bit of shitehole old patts.

[Moruya]

It could well be that the forgery was for income and funding.

[ttelise]

We are the "Israel or Hamas was behind it all" conspiracy crowd

[ttelise]

Uncle funkin Fester is alive and kickin in Pattya

[folium]

Bt 30,000 for a forged passport? Not that imuch more than for a real UK one the way prices are going!

[IMA_FARANG]

Entrapment and blackmail.

Not saying it is the case here....but any government with such a terrorist agenda that found a group forging passports for money like that group would love such an opportunity.

They could use the group to provide fake passports for them...knowing that if caught those crooks are going to jail anyhow.

So the crooks have nothing much to lose, and they simply need money to provide passports for the terrorists.

In the intelligence community, such people are known as "cut-outs" or "tear-aways", because if something goes wrong in the operation your running you simply cut them out or tear them away and abandon them.

So you simply entrap them into doing something illegal, then you blackmail them into working for you....and if things go bad....you just abandon them and run away.

Which could possibly be the case with this guyl.

[geriatrickid]

The Iranian passport forgers have quite a history of causing grief around the world.

On March 23 I posted that, Canada has a task force in Bangkok, comprising RCMP, Canadian Border Security Agency, Immigration Canada, Department of Defense and other officials, that has been co-operating with Thai authorities to prevent ships carrying bogus Tamil refugees from going to Canada.

It appears that they had their eyes on the Iranians for quite some time.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/542308-canadas-pm-to-visit-thailand-japan-and-south-korea/#entry5157912

I presume the arrested people were the ones supplying the passports to Tamil terrorists/insurgents trying to sneak into Canada and to the narcotics smugglers that have plagued Canada for quite some time. The Canadian agency would most likely have been the joint CBSA/RCMP unit. If I am not mistaken, they also keep an eye on the motorcycle gangs, particularly the Hells Angels and their alleged smuggling of heroin.

There's some more to this story and I wouldn't be surprised if this operation was not discussed when the Canadian PM recently visited as Thailand has been the source of a large chunk of the bogus Tamil refugee flow to Australia and Canada. Interesting enough, the deluge of bogus refugees stopped once the Canadian PM and Australian PM read the riot act to the Thai authorities.

The Iranian government may be able to claim no knowledge in this activity, but an operation of this scope and size had to have some help from outside of Thailand. Oh to be a fly on the wall of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs when Minister Baird briefs his counterpart in Australia.

[mamypoko]

If he sinks, he's innocent...If he floats, back to step one

Edited June 10, 2012 by mamypoko

[OldgitTom]

I presume the arrested people were the ones supplying the passports to Tamil terrorists/insurgents trying to sneak into Canada and to the narcotics smugglers that have plagued Canada for quite some time.

Canada was a major entry point of heroin into the USA for years. I don't know if it still is. The routes over the border were pioneered in 'bootleg' alcohol days. That huge trade made many a Canadian wealthy - the sort that became very respectable later. I wish the mounties more luck than the rest of the 'War on Drugs' farceurs. Every year, the illegal narcotics business gets bigger, & the banks at the end of the chain rake in the geld. Mind you, along with the 'international terrorism' racket, it gives secuirty goons in uniforms an ace opportunity to scowl at honest travellers, & treat them like suspected international criminals. Happily, Thai officials haven't been infected with this lunacy, AFAIK. OGT

[Wonka]

The correct link is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18377246

I have problems editing from my mobile phone.

[sirchai]

Police found fake passport pages in the names of more than 3,000 people at his condominium. Evidence linking Ramin to an overseas-based gang was also found.

How many of them are holy war fighters?

[sportsman69]

The correct link is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...ngland-18377246

I have problems editing from my mobile phone.

You think you've got problems, should try what I'm using. Luckily I have a lovely PA to carry it.

http://www.retrobrick.com/4500x.jpg

Edited June 10, 2012 by sportsman69

[gand]

Uncle funkin Fester is alive and kickin in Pattya

He did do a good light bulb. And loved that Morticia Frump Addams.

[Scott]

Pattaya bashing posts have been deleted. Please stay on-topic.

[cdnski12]

I wonder what the link will be between the forgery and terrorism? You would think that a successful forgery ring would want to be a million miles away from throwing bombs.

Just sayin'

Muslims are not necessarily the brightest apples in the bag!

[noitom]

Fake passport pages or copied real passport pages? Wonder where the Iranians got the names of all those foreigners? Could they have bribed someone? Probably not possible in a secure, well managed, corrupt free place like Thailand.

[gand]

Another hub FOR Thailand? Will their be another crack down? Will there be another War Room?

Warroom Boutique Hotel Sukhumvit 63 Number of rooms: 18

[maidu]

If there was an Olympic event for 'Convincing a Foreign Government to not pursue Bombings of its Capital City' ....Iran would get the Gold medal.

If there was an Olympic event for sweeping serious problems under the rug, Thailand would win the Gold Medal. Congratulations to Thai authorities, for so successfully obscuring the bombings of your capital city. Your plan to get the Thai people to forget about it (and to appease Iranian officialdom), is successful.

The day after, an explosion destroyed much of a house in a lane off the central Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. A 28-year-old Iranian stumbled out and threw makeshift grenades at taxi drivers and police, before collapsing, badly injured. It did not take long for Iran to be blamed.

- excerpt from The Guardian newspaper, London,

[sunshine51]

Hang him...hang him high.