70 alleged prostitutes rounded up in Pattaya

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70 alleged prostitutes rounded up in Pattaya

PATTAYA: -- Navy and police officers rounded up 70 alleged prostitutes, including more than 50 transvestites and 7 Madagascan women, in Pattaya early Thursday.

The operation took place at 1 am. The officers arrested the suspected prostitutes from the Pattaya Beach and Walking Street.

One of the suspects is a man and ten others are Thai women.

Police said the crackdown would continue to protect tourists from being deceived and robbed.


-- The Nation 2014-06-26

[terryp]

wait until it moves to the bars

[Kerryd]

Hmmm, 70 "alleged" prostitutes ? So they what, cleaned up the first 7 meters of Walking Street ? And 7 minutes after they left, those 7 meters were probably filled by 70 other "alleged" prostitutes. If they are "allegedly" prostitutes, do they have to pay "alleged" fines for "alleged" offenses they may (or may not) have "allegedly" committed ? And were those 7 Madagascan women really Madagascan (and women) or is it only "alleged" that they were one, the other, or both ?

(Note: Neither the number 7 no the word "alleged" were harmed (irreparably) in the typing of this post.)

[Buckeye21]

Wont be long till they are doing the same on Bangle Rd in Phuket.

[Bernard Flint]

Wont be long till they are doing the same on Bangle Rd in Phuket.

Many areas of Bangkok too, its rife there

[Porkster]

It still makes me chuckle that prostitution is illegal in Thailand...

Just make it legal already and make them start paying tax... Imagine the revenue!... ££££££££

[jbaldwin]

It still makes me chuckle that prostitution is illegal in Thailand...

Just make it legal already and make them start paying tax... Imagine the revenue!... ££££££££

Excellent idea.....because the girls will always disclose their full income to the tax authorities, right?

[iReason]

Hmmm, 70 "alleged" prostitutes ? So they what, cleaned up the first 7 meters of Walking Street ? And 7 minutes after they left, those 7 meters were probably filled by 70 other "alleged" prostitutes. If they are "allegedly" prostitutes, do they have to pay "alleged" fines for "alleged" offenses they may (or may not) have "allegedly" committed ? And were those 7 Madagascan women really Madagascan (and women) or is it only "alleged" that they were one, the other, or both ?

(Note: Neither the number 7 no the word "alleged" were harmed (irreparably) in the typing of this post.)

I don't know.

Perhaps you should go talk to the authorities and find out for yourself.

[Confuscious]

It still makes me chuckle that prostitution is illegal in Thailand...

Just make it legal already and make them start paying tax... Imagine the revenue!... ££££££££

Making prostitution legal and make them pay taxes only benefit the tax department.

Asking tea money to keep them out of jail makes more benefit to the people who are actually arresting them and need a day of paperwork.

70 x 1,000 = 70,000 Baht in one day.

And release them as soon as possible so that the they can arrest them again the next day.

[chiang mai]

I'm shocked!

But wait, Madagascar, what's that all about, no wait, I don't want to know.

[NanLaew]

Navy and police officers rounded up 70 alleged prostitutes.... One of the suspects is a man and ten others are Thai women....

Regardless of their sexual persuasion and nationality, I really wonder what on earth the other 59 were.

[Thai at Heart]

Hookers from Madagascar.

All here without being trafficked and of their free will I hope. If they keep doing these types of busts and finding hundreds of different nationalities in a few weeks the stats will be that all the hookrs will be Thai.

[chiang mai]

Hookers from Madagascar.

All here without being trafficked and of their free will I hope. If they keep doing these types of busts and finding hundreds of different nationalities in a few weeks the stats will be that all the hookrs will be Thai.

I'm inclined to try it for the novelty value but I'm scared I'd keep thinking of the movie.

[Bernard Flint]

Hookers from Madagascar.

All here without being trafficked and of their free will I hope. If they keep doing these types of busts and finding hundreds of different nationalities in a few weeks the stats will be that all the hookrs will be Thai.

Been here for years, big black mammas most of em. Ok if you can speak french too.Abit more middle class than the Bangkok African mamas

[Krataiboy]

Police said the crackdown would continue to protect tourists from being deceived and robbed.

I remember being deceived and robbed by a prossie once, when I was 16. She deceived me into thinking her silicon knockers were real and she robbed me of my virginity. Rotten cow.

Keep up the good work, BiB.

[Lancelot]

70 alleged prostitutes rounded up in Pattaya

My plea would be: "Your Honor, I denies the allegation and I resents the alligator"

[meatboy]

Navy and police officers rounded up 70 alleged prostitutes.... One of the suspects is a man and ten others are Thai women....

Regardless of their sexual persuasion and nationality, I really wonder what on earth the other 59 were.

martians they cum and go.

[Porkster]

It still makes me chuckle that prostitution is as illegal in Thailand...

Just make it legal already and make them start paying tax... Imagine the revenue!... ££££££££

Making prostitution legal and make them pay taxes only benefit the tax department.

Asking tea money to keep them out of jail makes more benefit to the people who are actually arresting them and need a day of paperwork.

70 x 1,000 = 70,000 Baht in one day.

And release them as soon as possible so that the they can arrest them again the next day.

I agree with that system also, but IMO at least the tax money would somehow eventually find it's way to improve Thailand as a whole... In an ideal Thailand of course, but it's feasible all the time the military are in control. LoL

Tea money only gets the copper him him his BMW/Merc more quickly and gets his wife one too.... In a realistic Thailand of course.

[Thai at Heart]

Hookers from Madagascar.

All here without being trafficked and of their free will I hope. If they keep doing these types of busts and finding hundreds of different nationalities in a few weeks the stats will be that all the hookrs will be Thai.

Been here for years, big black mammas most of em. Ok if you can speak french too.Abit more middle class than the Bangkok African mamas

Blerch....

Either way, if they can so readily round up ilegals in prostituiton maybe only 100 yards from a police box, I guess getting off tier 3 is going to take quite a while.

[Porkster]

Hookers from Madagascar.

All here without being trafficked and of their free will I hope. If they keep doing these types of busts and finding hundreds of different nationalities in a few weeks the stats will be that all the hookrs will be Thai.

Been here for years, big black mammas most of em. Ok if you can speak french too.Abit more middle class than the Bangkok African mamas

They're all the 419ers wives! Didn't you know? [emoji23]

[Orac]

It still makes me chuckle that prostitution is illegal in Thailand...

Just make it legal already and make them start paying tax... Imagine the revenue!... ££££££££

Making prostitution legal and make them pay taxes only benefit the tax department.

Asking tea money to keep them out of jail makes more benefit to the people who are actually arresting them and need a day of paperwork.

70 x 1,000 = 70,000 Baht in one day.

And release them as soon as possible so that the they can arrest them again the next day.

Given that there was one man and 10 Thai women out of 70 then logically the other 59 must be foreign women so they would also need to change the employment laws to give them work permits as well.

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[Basil B]

Wow...

Worrying, 70% of Pattaya's prostitutes are lady boys, or was it just a cull of undesirables?

What next, mass arrests of "Cheap Charlie's" & "Balloon Chasers" for vagrancy?

[Albertosez]

Line up and get your " tackle out " so we can decide upon the offence and indeed the fine ! Volunteer Police ??

[Payboy]

70 alleged prostitutes rounded up in Pattaya

I bet Pattaya is practically lifeless now.

[Porkster]

Don't those foreign hookers know that prostitution is a "protected Thai Only" job?

Tell that to the Russians!

[dunque]

Why does this make me think of this classic scene from Casablanca ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME

[jmccarty]

They must have been very hard to find these!

[EyesWideOpen]

The oldest story in Pattaya.....

Whenever there is a crackdown to try and stop crime, the first thing the police do is

head to Beach Road and start rounding up ladyboys. Gee why do you think the

police do that ???? But simply fining them and releasing them seems a bit silly,

and would do little to stop crime . They will be out pick pocketing tourist ten minutes

after they are let out of the police station. Well I guess this catch and release program

is good for funding the next police karaoke night...

[wwest5829]

It still makes me chuckle that prostitution is illegal in Thailand...

Just make it legal already and make them start paying tax... Imagine the revenue!... ££££££££

True, I've said the same to Republican friends in the U.S. Don't want to pay no stink'n taxes? Legalize marijuana and prostitution. Revenue issues fixed!

[Lupatria]

Hookers from Madagascar.

All here without being trafficked and of their free will I hope. If they keep doing these types of busts and finding hundreds of different nationalities in a few weeks the stats will be that all the hookrs will be Thai.

Wouldn't that be a big blow to the TAT and their tourist statistics?

What's the song line of James Taylor again? With 10 miles behind me and 10.000 more to go...