The pork smuggling racket costing Thailand billions in damages

Street food in Thailand. grilled fermented pork balls and sticky rice sausage, originally from the Isan region
Street food in Thailand. grilled fermented pork balls and sticky rice sausage, originally from the Isan region. Photo: Takeaway. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thai consumers have been rocked by news that billions of baht in illegal pork has been smuggled into the country – and likely onto their [Read More…]

1.5 tonnes of smuggled pig carcasses from Cambodia seized in Sa Kaeo

Isuzu D-Max belonging to the Aranyaprathet Provincial Police, Sa Kaeo
Isuzu D-Max belonging to the Aranyaprathet Provincial Police, Sa Kaeo. Photo: Thai Police Vehicles / flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Livestock and customs officials seized about 1.5 tonnes of pig carcasses yesterday (Sunday), which had been smuggled into Thailand’s eastern border province of Sa Kaeo [Read More…]

24 tonnes of pork smuggled from Brazil destroyed to prevent spread of swine flu in Thailand

Nong Pling, Nakhon Sawan
Nong Pling, Nakhon Sawan District. Photo: Katsunori N.

The Livestock Development Department buried about 24 tonnes of frozen pork, which originated in Brazil and was smuggled into Thailand from a neighboring country, at [Read More…]