Pattaya Officials have continued to crackdown on Cambodian beggars who have said that they get 1,000 baht per day. Pattaya police launch crackdown on Cambodian beggar involving minors A team of the Pattaya City Police led by Police Chief Colonel Thanapong Poethi and Colonel Pattanapong Sripinproa from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division raided a rental […]
BANGKOK (NNT) – The Department of Employment recently inspected Chan Road in Bangkok following claims that migrant workers were working jobs reserved for Thais in the area. Authorities investigate Pattaya construction site for illegal workers According to the department’s director general, Phairoj Chotikasatien, officials and police from the Immigration Bureau inspected locations from Soi Chan […]
Freedom Beach in Karon is now cleared of beach beds and umbrellas and structures after a full crackdown. Task force cracks down on gang collecting beach entrance fees “We have inspected the beach twice before. The first time we found a restaurant on the beach which has already been demolished. The second time we found […]
BANGKOK, March 30 (TNA) – Police from Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau raided 17 locations linked to an online gambling network and seized more than one billion baht worth of assets for further investigation. Activist accuses senior police of controlling gambling websites Pol Gen Torsak Sukwimol, deputy national police chief led the operation to suppress the […]
BANGKOK, March 29 (TNA) – The government is gearing up to address the problem of foreigners working as tour guides, an occupation reserved for Thai people only. Pattaya Police are Launching Intense Crackdown on Illegal Tour Guides After receiving complaints over the issues, caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha ordered agencies concerned such as the Labour […]
Tourist Police are scanning the city for foreigners working illegally as tour guides in Pattaya. The officers disclosed that they have apprehended over 5,531 illegal tour guides across Thailand over the past three months. Several Tourist Police officers led by Pol. Maj. Gen. Pongsiam Meekanthong, deputy commissioner of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, were dispatched […]
Phuket Immigration recently launched what they called the ‘White Accommodation for Foreigners’ project targeting for ‘Phuket to be Crime Free’. The project mainly focuses on foreigners being properly registered at their accommodation and not on overstay. The Phuket Immigration Chief Colonel Tanet Sukchai told the Phuket Express. “We are aiming to control foreigners who are […]
The Royal Thai Immigration has been currently conducting an overstaying crackdown across Thailand dubbed Operation X-ray in some areas and Pattaya is not exempt. TPN media has reported of multiple overstay arrests and actions taking place across Thailand over the past few days from small overstays, to much longer overstays. The campaign is officially running […]
