Top Bangkok Massage Parlour raided - underage girls and foreign sex workers found

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Top Bangkok Massage Parlour raided - underage girls and foreign sex workers found


Image: Sanook

BANGKOK: -- Police, soldiers and public administration officials descended on Nataree Massage Parlour in Rachada Phisek Road Bangkok on Tuesday.

The raid followed complaints of human trafficking violations and other illegal activities at the soapy massage emporium.

They found a total of 100 girls offering sexual services, three of whom were under the age of 18, reported Sanook.

Ten foreigners were found to be working there in breach of regulations. In addition officials found bank statements itemizing possible illegal payments to third parties.

The raid apparently followed three months of preparations and evidence gathering with officers posing as customers.

The operation was shut down on the strength of operating a sex business and employing foreigners, The enquiry will be widened to follow the trail of any illegal payments found in the bank statements.

Source: Sanook

-- 2016-06-08

[KMartinHandyman]

Oops no longer a myth of folklore. Who might the 3rd parties be? What a great undercover assignment,,get a soapy while gathering evidence and maybe a few phone numbers.

[Reigntax]

"evidence gathering with officers posing as customers."

I bet the evidence gathering required frequent, repeat visits by all authorities involved. Probably even extended to many hours of off duty "evidence gathering".

[BSJ]

Would the 3rd party by any chance be the.......not using his real name.......infamous Colonel Klink?

[ratcatcher]

I am sure the Nataree saga will have a Happy Ending.

[Smiley Face]

Of course, police officials will be clamouring for reenactments of the heinous crimes committed by the sex workers. It's expected that the reenactments could take months to complete.

[Nasrullah]

The operation was shut down on the strength of operating a sex business and employing foreigners,

When will this nonsense end!......Every man woman and dog knows what goes on in these places.....

[NongKhaiKid]

So illegal payments will be traced through bank statements or will they ?

Even if that aspect of carried out will it ever be made public who received these payments and / or who was really operating the establishment and not just some fall guy managers etc. ?

[streetsweeper]

How did the police establish that all 100 girls were offering sexual services?

Betcha' that number gets whittled down to 5 very quickly and the others will be deemed as a cheer-leader and choral singing group.

The police are incapable of even fathoming what to do with such a bevy of evidence!

.... and what about Junta Jumbo's request for happiness? Isn't there a conflict of interest here?

100 girls ticked off, 100 sets of parents ticked off because of cash flow interruption and of course the little men around the corners who have an investment in the whole operation!

*** can't wait to see how this all washes out

[Bluespunk]

''The raid apparently followed three months of preparations and evidence gathering with officers posing as customers.''

Ah huh...

[The stuttering parrot]

Being a undercover cop certainly has its ups and downs!

But somebody's gotta do it?

[Aj Mick]

How did the police establish that all 100 girls were offering sexual services?

Betcha' that number gets whittled down to 5 very quickly and the others will be deemed as a cheer-leader and choral singing group.

The police are incapable of even fathoming what to do with such a bevy of evidence!

.... and what about Junta Jumbo's request for happiness? Isn't there a conflict of interest here?

100 girls ticked off, 100 sets of parents ticked off because of cash flow interruption and of course the little men around the corners who have an investment in the whole operation!

*** can't wait to see how this all washes out

Betcha' that number gets whittled down to 5 foreign gals very quickly. Offering sexual services is a crime no Thai would commit.

[alfalfa19]

"evidence gathering with officers posing as customers."

I bet the evidence gathering required frequent, repeat visits by all authorities involved. Probably even extended to many hours of off duty "evidence gathering".

Yes, that's why it took 3 months of evidence gathering.

[jossthaifarang]

Sign me up, I'll help "gather evidence" in the war against Illegal sexual services. We must put a stop to this terrible thing!

[KIWIBATCH]

Sign me up, I'll help "gather evidence" in the war against Illegal sexual services. We must put a stop to this terrible thing!

I am with you on this and will be diligent in "obtaining the evidence"....this is terrible thing to happen.....absolutely ruining the image of Thailand...shocking business

[LannaGuy]

Pssssst! should someone tell them about Walking Street? or Nana Plaza? or are those 'secrets' only a few of us know about?

PS a 'friend' familiar with those places told me about them

[JAG]

Someone wasn't "cooperating" with the right people?

[jamhar]

D*mn, I should have gone into police work!

[chrisinth]

So illegal payments will be traced through bank statements or will they ?

Even if that aspect of carried out will it ever be made public who received these payments and / or who was really operating the establishment and not just some fall guy managers etc. ?

Still, the very fact that this information has been released means something is being done about it instead of being brushed under the carpet. If the bank records are in the evidence system, it will be very difficult to isolate payments to any given individual, all or nothing.

I can envisage a lot of sleepless nights for certain officials trusted with maintaining law & order over the next couple of weeks............................

Not too keen on the news source though. Also find it strange that they didn't mention the countries of origin of the 10 illegal foreign workers; almost guaranteed if they were from a 'white-face' nation they most certainly would be identified.

[Mickmouse1]

3 months of fun evidence gathering .mmmmm

[wvavin]

This is no more news in Thailand. BORING!

[chrisinth]

Someone wasn't "cooperating" with the right people?

If that were the case, wouldn't that be ironic if the person who ordered the raid showed up in the payment transition records seized...........................

Not saying it would ever happen though, but none-the-less........

[AlQaholic]

"three months of preparations" ??????

You just pick any random big massage parlor in Bangkok and you can raid it and find all the same shit there without wasting three months of preparation.....

Or is it just another way of saying: "Some of our higher officers where caught red-handed frequenting the place frequently, so we had to take action because they where being blackmailed by the parlor with videotapes and stuff"....

[SussexExpat]

What I find surprising is that it only took 3 months to gather information. Surely 3 years would have been more appropriate to ensure they had enough evidence.

[WishWashMan]

The operation was shut down on the strength of operating a sex business and employing foreigners,

When will this nonsense end!......Every man woman and dog knows what goes on in these places.....

Massages i presume!

[SOTIRIOS]

...as if nobody knew.....

...'they'....... 'know'.....what they want to know...

[Artisi]

Being a undercover cop certainly has its ups and downs!

But somebody's gotta do it?

Interestingly, scientific data following extensive studies on males ranging from 5 to 95 years of age, shows the the number of downs equals the number of ups, although the ups / downs on the older end of the sample was at times difficult to fully test.

[The Deerhunter]

Being a undercover cop certainly has its ups and downs!

But somebody's gotta do it?

not to mention the ins and outs of evidence gathering.

[Artisi]

...as if nobody knew.....

...'they'....... 'know'.....what they want to know...

And they don't know what they don't want to know.

[The Deerhunter]

Yes. These revelations ate likely to harm Thailand clean-fun tourism image.