Foreign mafia in Pattaya

[trapperjohn]

Interesting post and comments but why would any of us care,I don't associate with scum bags,drug dealers,scammers,con men,Russian's or most European's,they don't do anything for me,I stay in Chang Rai area an my few friends are all honest an the Thai's I have to deal with,I do with reservation.

[bibzo]

^{Non Thai mafia and criminals use Thailand and other de regulated countries mostly for money laundering}

 

^{Have a look at all the empty bars with staff and expensive prices}

 

^{Funny money in ,legal money out . And no customers? All cash}

 

^{And I have seen girls interviewed in the basement restaurant of T COM ,}

^{For trips to Europe for work trafficking .}

[Wings]

Been going on in Pattaya for years, also Phuket.

 

Seen there, Seen that

[js007]

I started reading this forum and then I realized it was started three years ago.

 

Foreign mafia? My guess is that they operate so long as they don't step on any locals.

 

Money laundering? Where is the money coming from for all the Pattaya condos? Many of them are unoccupied. It's almost like the owners don't care if they sell the individual units or not.

[bratpack]

The PATTAYA CONDOS

 

Been bought mainly by thais

I started reading this forum and then I realized it was started three years ago.

 

Foreign mafia? My guess is that they operate so long as they don't step on any locals.

 

Money laundering? Where is the money coming from for all the Pattaya condos? Many of them are unoccupied. It's almost like the owners don't care if they sell the individual units or not.

[Evil Penevil]

It doesn't matter if Russian mobbed-up guys live or vacation in Pattaya. It's when they start making offers that farang bar owners can't refuse that we'll have reason to worry.

 

Evil

Edited September 4, 2013 by Evil Penevil

[MM]

It doesn't matter if Russian mobbed-up guys live or vacation in Pattaya. It's when they start making offers that farang bar owners can't refuse that we'll have reason to worry.

 

Evil

 

My suspicion is that any Russian mob/mafia in Pattaya is working within the growing Russian community...in other words, their targets are fellow countrymen.

 

I seriously doubt they will encroach on Thai directed businesses...so in the case of farang bar owners (or other Thai owners), they are already paying the Thai police, and a Russian demand on them would be quickly dealt with by the Thais who are already milking that revenue stream.

[davethailand]

It doesn't matter if Russian mobbed-up guys live or vacation in Pattaya. It's when they start making offers that farang bar owners can't refuse that we'll have reason to worry.

 

Evil

If you mean that selling bar wise bring it on.

[papillon]

My suspicion is that any Russian mob/mafia in Pattaya is working within the growing Russian community...in other words, their targets are fellow countrymen.

 

I seriously doubt they will encroach on Thai directed businesses...so in the case of farang bar owners (or other Thai owners), they are already paying the Thai police, and a Russian demand on them would be quickly dealt with by the Thais who are already milking that revenue stream.

 

Yep.

[Evil Penevil]

My suspicion is that any Russian mob/mafia in Pattaya is working within the growing Russian community...in other words, their targets are fellow countrymen.

 

I seriously doubt they will encroach on Thai directed businesses...so in the case of farang bar owners (or other Thai owners), they are already paying the Thai police, and a Russian demand on them would be quickly dealt with by the Thais who are already milking that revenue stream.

 

Yes, that's the way it is today and hopefully it will stay that way. Only Russians have reason to worry about what Russians do to other Russians. But if at some point in the future the wiseguyskis feel confident enough to start with "hostile" takeovers, it will be the day the music dies.

 

Evil

Edited September 5, 2013 by Evil Penevil

[midlifecrisis]

My suspicion is that any Russian mob/mafia in Pattaya is working within the growing Russian community...in other words, their targets are fellow countrymen.

 

I seriously doubt they will encroach on Thai directed businesses...so in the case of farang bar owners (or other Thai owners), they are already paying the Thai police, and a Russian demand on them would be quickly dealt with by the Thais who are already milking that revenue stream.

The problem with gangsters is that there can be unintended victims to their enforcement. That can happen anywhere in the world though so it is still probably safer in Pattaya than on the streets of my own town.