Maestro Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Wanted berry trader arrested in Thailand Published: 23 Feb 13 14:18 CET Ari Hallikainen, the Swede who left 149 Thai berry pickers stranded after emptying his firm Lomsjö Bär of cash and fleeing the country, has been arrested in Thailand. According to Bangkok Post, Thai police recently received information from locals that the 52-year-old Hallikainen was living in a house in the Muang district of Chon Buri, a province in east Thailand. Hallikainen disappeared from Sweden in the autumn of 2010, just before his berry company went bust.Read more: www.thelocal.se/46364/20130223/#.USjgdaXvt8F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post theblether Posted February 23, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 23, 2013 That was scandalous abandoning his workforce like that, those poor people being left to fend for themselves in a foreign country.....and to make it even worse he flees to Thailand?? Nutter, he deserves everything that's coming his way. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laislica Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) And in other important news:The sun was seen shining in the Bangkok area today. Edited February 23, 2013 by laislica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker69 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Ari Hallikainen is not a swedish name, it´s finnish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 That was scandalous abandoning his workforce like that, those poor people being left to fend for themselves in a foreign country.....and to make it even worse he flees to Thailand?? Nutter, he deserves everything that's coming his way. Couldn't agree more.....what's puzzling me is how did he manage to find 159 Thai workers in Sweden to work for him in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kallethekid Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Ari Hallikainen is not a swedish name, it´s finnish. and neither is zlatan ibrahimovic, but he is swedish. maybe he is swedish with a finnish name..... just sayin'.... (couldn't resist, sorry for being a d**k) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrain Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 That was scandalous abandoning his workforce like that, those poor people being left to fend for themselves in a foreign country.....and to make it even worse he flees to Thailand?? Nutter, he deserves everything that's coming his way. Couldn't agree more.....what's puzzling me is how did he manage to find 159 Thai workers in Sweden to work for him in the first place. He didn't find them in Sweden, he or one of his Thai companions recruited them in Thailand. But I think there is a word for someone who decides to go live by choice in the country he has an outstanding arrest warrant . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellweather Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 That was scandalous abandoning his workforce like that, those poor people being left to fend for themselves in a foreign country.....and to make it even worse he flees to Thailand?? Nutter, he deserves everything that's coming his way. Couldn't agree more.....what's puzzling me is how did he manage to find 159 Thai workers in Sweden to work for him in the first place. Let's not downplay this, it's a Berry, Berry serious situation and Thais are not used to cheating or being cheated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johna Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 They were recruited in Thailand to illegally work pickingberries in Sweden, and fraudulently obtained tourist visas to do so, the Thaiswere not victims but part of a criminal conspiracy, when these thieves fellout, the Thais went through the Swedish courts to get their share of the loot,and I believe some of them received workers compensation from Sweden (20000 Swedish Kr)???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 That was scandalous abandoning his workforce like that, those poor people being left to fend for themselves in a foreign country.....and to make it even worse he flees to Thailand?? Nutter, he deserves everything that's coming his way. Couldn't agree more.....what's puzzling me is how did he manage to find 159 Thai workers in Sweden to work for him in the first place. He didn't find them in Sweden, he or one of his Thai companions recruited them in Thailand. But I think there is a word for someone who decides to go live by choice in the country he has an outstanding arrest warrant . The word is "stupid". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Ari Hallikainen is not a swedish name, it´s finnish. How many Swedish citizens has a Swedish name nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Ari Hallikainen is not a swedish name, it´s finnish. How many Swedish citizens has a Swedish name nowadays? Most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Unfortunately a national has to start the process, any one arrested in Thailand , just asking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hullupullo Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 (edited) Here is his interview in finnish newspaper back in 2011, google translate it quite well. He claims he paid and thais got paid from goverment too, so 2 times money for thais http://www.uusisuomi.fi/ulkomaat/116062-suomalaisen-marjasotku-ruotsissa-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Dkuitit-varastettiin%E2%80%9D And here ILO study of Thai workers in Sweden, this case get mention there https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-Ck-XqlpeBwJ:www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-manila/documents/publication/wcms_182264.pdf+&hl=fi&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShZW5-79JZqDMRLBdr5Olvi9yhty0krbU9wuixGIdg52Mt1VljuQm1JLwOD50aO8q4XlqaOabr92PO2jT4EpmHgZJ0ZBxlW3HhGxpmtHORdpMPgJ6IIkOzJiUSzisvA2moSqpcT&sig=AHIEtbRt5T4XwnbH098WaJR9Br6AJ4DEnw Edited February 24, 2013 by hullupullo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Ari Hallikainen is not a swedish name, it´s finnish. and neither is zlatan ibrahimovic, but he is swedish. maybe he is swedish with a finnish name..... just sayin'.... (couldn't resist, sorry for being a d**k) Yes, he Finnish Swede. Now he Turnip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locationthailand Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Som Num Na. A confusing set of circumstances within the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellweather Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 They were recruited in Thailand to illegally work picking berries in Sweden, and fraudulently obtained tourist visas to do so, the Thais were not victims but part of a criminal conspiracy, when these thieves fell out, the Thais went through the Swedish courts to get their share of the loot, and I believe some of them received workers compensation from Sweden (20000 Swedish Kr)???? This story is a bit more like it, there's a scam and the Thais were involved. An " innocent ' Thai is a rare find indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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