Jonathan Fairfield Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Thousands of foreigners charged for illegally entering country BANGKOK:-- More than 9,000 foreigners were busted for illegally entering the country - four of them wanted by Interpol - during a weeklong police crackdown that finished Sunday. Police said of the 9,265 foreigners napped, 9038 had been charged with violating the Immigration Act 1979, 18 for violating the Criminal Code and 209 were charged in accordance with other laws. The arrests include Kristina Monka, 23, a Russian wanted by Interpol on fraud charges, was arrested on Wednesday. Grigory Lyaskov, 24, a Russian wanted by Interpol on fraud charges, was arrested along with Kristina. Working as a bank manager in Russia, it is alleged Kristina transferred Bt4 million from a client's account to her secret account and Bt945,000 to Grigory's account. Russian police issued arrest warrants and cancelled their passports and sought Interpol's help in arresting them. Immigration Bureau police arrested them in Pattaya. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Thousands-for-foreigners-charged-for-illegally-ent-30271571.html -- The Nation 2015-10-25 RELATED: PM Prayuth to decide on tough new penalties for foreigners who overstay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Why is it Pattaya gets all the quality tourists !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkpanther99 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 9,000!!! Jesus. One has to ask how 9,000 were allowed to enter illegally in the first place. Clearly Immigration has no idea what the hell is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Good they have had a crackdown. Just shows how many scum bags are in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 9,000!!! Jesus. One has to ask how 9,000 were allowed to enter illegally in the first place. Clearly Immigration has no idea what the hell is going on. Maybe their Syrian refugees claiming asylum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bino Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) A week long crackdown that ended today, with more than 9000 arrested? How is it possible that nobody knew anything and that this story is only breaking now? To find all these people who were charged, immigration surely had to have encountered enough legitimate foreigners in this crackdown that averaged more than 1000 arrests per day. Where are more than 9000 being detained? Edited October 25, 2015 by bino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 9000 were busted but mention only 2? What happened with other 8998 and how did they do the busts? Street checks or ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdaz Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Maybe Germans come to escape the Syrians ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Something sounds fishy/wrong about this story....over 9000 over one week which was this week. And the crackdown ended today but they are also reporting numbers today...seems like the earliest the final reporting would occur is tomorrow/Monday. Plus it seems like if this many people were getting arrested over such a short period we would have heard about it before now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonw8uk Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Entered illegally - How?, and how would they then be tracked down? Is it possible that the majority are overstayers? Something doesn't seem right with this news somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easybullet3 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 its good they said the Crackdown finished today. so now all the real big criminals can walk around again and not need to worry about the crackdown. its nice that the thai police let the criminals know that its is safe for them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) For those figures to be correct i would assume there has been a crackdown with surrounding countries labour forces coming across the borders going on at the same time. Either that or there really is a huge immigration problem, considering those figures are only the ones caught.......................... Edited October 25, 2015 by chrisinth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 so they stopped 9000 quality tourists entering Pattaya ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Can't put my finger on it, but something just doesn't seem quite right with this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Why is it Pattaya gets all the quality tourists !! When you cater to people who need to pay for sex, you get a lot of tourist who need to pay for sex. Maybe that is why??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Burmese, Cambodians, Lao, Vietnamese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Some people will do almost anything to get a free t-shirt! I wonder what it costs for 9000 t-shirts? Edited October 25, 2015 by willyumiii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amerasianex Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 So the Russians may have done what many Thai bankers do. Steal money then flee to another country? That was a bad example to bring up...ha ha ha. And that 9000 people that wont be spending money here. So what! Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians and Lao are here with no money ? doing Thai work for half the price..stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Entered illegally - How?, and how would they then be tracked down? Is it possible that the majority are overstayers? Something doesn't seem right with this news somehow Ed visa with no education involved, multiple tourist visa... I believe you are correct and chronic overstayers will be the next to be cracked down upon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petchabun Man Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 My hunch is there are at least 40,000 here. Well 9,265 less now. There are at least a dozen hiding in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amerasianex Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 So the Russians may have done what many Thai bankers do. Steal money then flee to another country? That was a bad example to bring up...ha ha ha. And that 9000 people that wont be spending money here. So what! Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians and Lao are here with no money ? doing Thai work for half the price..stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Why is it Pattaya gets all the quality tourists !! When you cater to people who need to pay for sex, you get a lot of tourist who need to pay for sex. Maybe that is why??? Or may be because people with money go to fun places, instead of farms in the middle of the jungle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petchabun Man Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 They are everywhere. Have been saying this for years. Pissed off numerous TV posters in the past. Looks like i was correct all this time. Good they have had a crackdown. Just shows how many scum bags are in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 9000. And people on here argued with me that immigration wasn't bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 9,000 for someone educated in Thailand could be anywhere between 5 and infinity. Whats the chance the number was just made up to enable an impressive announcement. When to we find out that the corrupt immigration officers who allowed the aliens to enter have been arrested and charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petedk Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Burmese, Cambodians, Lao, Vietnamese? Not really. Look at the photo. Also very strange they are all wearing black t-shirts from immigration. Have all 9,000 received a black t-shirt? The whole story sounds strange to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 They are everywhere. Have been saying this for years. Pissed off numerous TV posters in the past. Looks like i was correct all this time. Good they have had a crackdown. Just shows how many scum bags are in the country Well done.......did you inform the Thai authorities, in the past about all these illegals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 They are everywhere. Have been saying this for years. Pissed off numerous TV posters in the past. Looks like i was correct all this time. Good they have had a crackdown. Just shows how many scum bags are in the country we all know there are more illegal than legal especially in Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aguy30 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Thousands of foreigners charged for illegally entering Thailand Actually 9038 from India, Bangladesh and Africa were charged with OVERSTAYING, not illegal entry, according to the OTHER Bangkok newspaper website. I will miss them. Edited October 25, 2015 by aguy30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar God Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I just got back from a trip to Nong Khai, there's a river a few hundered miles long separating Laos and Thailand. I'm sure if somebody wanted to cross they could easily find someone with a boat that would take them across for a few dollars. I've accidentally gone from the U.S. to Canada while fishing more than once, Mounties never caught me. Maybe the people here illegally didn't fly into BKK and show their passport? 9,000!!! Jesus. One has to ask how 9,000 were allowed to enter illegally in the first place. Clearly Immigration has no idea what the hell is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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