International criminals arrested in pre-Songkran security crackdown

[webfact]

International criminals arrested in pre-Songkran security crackdown

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- The head of Thai immigration announced the arrest of five foreign nationals this week in what he called a nationwide pre-Songkran crackdown to help boost the security of Thais and foreign tourists.

 

In Phuket a Russian called Matvey Shuvalov, 45, is now in custody. He has apparently been hiding out in Thailand for twenty years and has a Thai wife and four children here. He was wanted on an Interpol warrant for fraud and had had his Russian passport rescinded before, reported Sanook.

 

Immigration chief Nathathorn Phrosunthorn said that Shuvalov was a prominent figure in the Phuket underworld.

 

Also arrested were Norwegian Indal Stig-asbjoern and American Aarl Bagley. Both were wanted for sex offences believed committed in their home countries.

 

Yakov Elfasi, was also arrested for forgery and sex offences committed in his native Israel.

 

All suspects have had their right to stay in Thailand terminated and are now in custody.

 

Sanook.com also reported that three Taiwanese nationals were also under arrest for running a call center. No details of this case were given yesterday.

 

Source: Sanook

 

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[anon4546543]

About time.

[ezzra]

A thousand more like them and Thailand will be a better place for it, forget cleaning

the sex image of Thailand and not allow people to splash water in Songkran

and terminate parties at midnight, cleat Thailand of all the criminals that

hides here in plan sight, thumbing their noses at authorities all over the world......

[leeneeds]

I hope there is money left for the 4 kids, always the innocent,

[Thaiwrath]

They should have driven like lunatics in pick ups for a few days and they would have got away from charges !

[darksidedog]

Pre Songkran Security crackdown? How do three sex offenders and a "prominent figure in the Phuket underworld", affect security?

And that only makes four foreigners, not five as the headline says.

[gk10002000]

A quick internet search on American Aarl Bagley returned an article from Manila from 2013 where he was arrested there and deported.  And then some arrests in Las Vegas, Nevada USA in 2014.  If all this is the same guy, kind of amazing the guy somehow got out of the USA and into Thailand.

[daveAustin]

TV trolls will no doubt be disappointed no Brits were on the list.

[humqdpf]

5 hours ago, daveAustin said:

TV trolls will no doubt be disappointed no Brits were on the list.

Actually there were a couple but they were listed as Europeans . . . 

[petesc55]

EARL Bagley was also operating out of Hong Kong.

 

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1529176/alias-hid-fugitive-past-american-linked-agency-centre-probe

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1529155/maid-agency-run-us-sex-offender-investigation-hong-kong-steve-austin-conway

 

He's a registered sex offender, who also runs some scammy sounding 'maid' agency setup, and claims to do charity work with kids.

 

 

 

The guy is in a wheelchair.   Sure gets around better than most of us.

 

 

 

Edited April 6, 2017 by petesc55

[Bluespunk]

Bloody foreigners...

[petedk]

Great! Now we can celebrate Songkran in safety, knowing that these dangerous people are behind bars.

When I saw the headline I was expecting to read about terrorists being arrested.

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[elgordo38]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

All suspects have had their right to stay in Thailand terminated and are now in custody.

Well the Russian had a good run 20 years and never had to show a passport which had been cancelled? Amazing feat. Puts Houdini to shame. Of course the BIB were glad handing each other all over the place. Why I fail to fathom as this guy eluded them for 20 years. Is he in he Guinness book of records. 

Edited April 6, 2017 by elgordo38

[Jonmarleesco]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

In Phuket a Russian called Matvey Shuvalov, 45, is now in custody. He has apparently been hiding out in Thailand for twenty years ... Immigration chief Nathathorn Phrosunthorn said that Shuvalov was a prominent figure in the Phuket underworld.

Well, he's had twenty years to become prominent.

[FredNL]

5 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Pre Songkran Security crackdown? How do three sex offenders and a "prominent figure in the Phuket underworld", affect security?

And that only makes four foreigners, not five as the headline says.

One, two, three, five.. Thais and counting.... 

I thought that I heard several years ago that there was no mafia in Phuket. 

Underworld ?? In Phuket ???

 

[elgordo38]

14 minutes ago, Jonmarleesco said:

Well, he's had twenty years to become prominent.

If he was a known underworld figure in Phuket why did they just reel him in now is it all about timing.? Getting the biggest bank for the baht?

[elgordo38]

19 hours ago, Jonmarleesco said:

Well, he's had twenty years to become prominent.

Their businesses never die. I am sure after he was arrested he passed the baton. Its like a self full filling prophecy. 

[elgordo38]

19 hours ago, FredNL said:

One, two, three, five.. Thais and counting.... 

I thought that I heard several years ago that there was no mafia in Phuket. 

Underworld ?? In Phuket ???

 

Just joshing you laddie. 

[elgordo38]

22 hours ago, petesc55 said:

EARL Bagley was also operating out of Hong Kong.

 

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1529176/alias-hid-fugitive-past-american-linked-agency-centre-probe

 

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1529155/maid-agency-run-us-sex-offender-investigation-hong-kong-steve-austin-conway

 

He's a registered sex offender, who also runs some scammy sounding 'maid' agency setup, and claims to do charity work with kids.

 

 

 

The guy is in a wheelchair.   Sure gets around better than most of us.

 

 

 

To help make up for some of his dirty deeds after he dies he should leave his "brain" to science to figure out how guys like this are hard wired vs an ordinary honest hard working Joe. There has to be a tell tale sign there somewhere.