Why haven't the Russian mafia been dealt with?

[Bald Eagle]

Seeing as how Thailand is experiencing an illegal worker and undesirable falang crackdown why are the Russian mafia allowed to operate with impunity?

I'm surprised the Thai police haven't dealer with them and replaced them with their own boys.

I'm not discounting the power of the Russian mafia, they dominate everywhere they go but I thought this would particularly irk the Thai gangster pride.

[ATF]

The Russian Mafia seems to consist of 300lb mama sans drinking bottles of vodka at 7.00am in Pattaya.

[PiPiFFS]

What Russian mafia ? Never seen any anywhere.

Come to think of it I have never seen any thai

Taxi mafia

Taxi bike mafia

jetski mafia

Food vendor mafia

somtam mafia or any mafia at all in 13 years here

Maybe I am just looking in all the wrong places ?

[opalred]

how many thais can take away a druken rusky and fat wife take 20 thais and stun guns then still be swinging a bottle of vodka

[benalibina]

What Russian mafia ? Never seen any anywhere.

Come to think of it I have never seen any thai

Taxi mafia

Taxi bike mafia

jetski mafia

Food vendor mafia

somtam mafia or any mafia at all in 13 years here

Maybe I am just looking in all the wrong places ?

Yes you are.

[alfalfa19]

I for one would like to see a serious reply to this question, and be happy to miss the attempts at frivolity. I have wondered the same thing myself, as they seem to be very formidable, and dominate wherever they want to. I've been wondering if the new government would do something about these characters.

[ATF]

I for one would like to see a serious reply to this question, and be happy to miss the attempts at frivolity. I have wondered the same thing myself, as they seem to be very formidable, and dominate wherever they want to. I've been wondering if the new government would do something about these characters.

I don't recall any news reports of mass murders or contract killings linked to the Russian Mafia in Thailand.

The Yakuza and Chinese Triads together with the Malaysian credit card scammers seem to be much more active.

[Bald Eagle]

So the Russian mafia controlling Pattaya are non existant now?

[kurnell]

What exactly do the Russian mafia control??

[simple1]

In April 1998, Russian restaurant owner Konstantine Povoltski was found shot dead in a car near one of his two restaurants in southern Pattaya. In August 2003, police apprehended three Russian bank robbers when their speedboat ran out of fuel after they held up the Bank of Ayudhya in South Pattaya, stole 2.4 million baht, and killed a Thai police officer in the process. Rinat Koudaiarov was sentenced to death for the shooting. In February 2007, two Russian women were found murdered on the beach of Jomtien 10 km from Pattaya, amidst speculation that it had been a Russian OC-ordered hit.

More info of alleged Russian criminal / mafia activity in Thailand at:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/238045