Pattaya, Thailand, is known for its sex trade. Now a rural village is forever tarnished by a sick prostitution ring. The prostitution ring operating out of Mae Hong Son in northwest Thailand was busted in But when it was operating, young women were marked with owl tattoos and offered to VIP guests.
The Bangkok Post reports the Criminal Court in the Thai capital sentenced police senior sergeant major Yutthachai Thongchai to years and two of his sidekicks to more than years apiece. A Thai columnist told AFP the sex ring treated the young women as something that could be bought for the right price. Something that has a price. One of the girls was forced to have sex with a teacher from her school.
A social worker told the newspaper that one of the girls was ordered to work whenever she received a phone call. The sex trade in Thailand is well established. The sex trade in the region previously best known for its mountainous terrain is nothing like what goes on in other parts of Thailand. Transactions are frequently carried out in full view despite prostitution being illegal.
The laws are routinely ignored and rarely enforced. Luke Williams visited Pattaya, in the east of Thailand, in In a piece he wrote for news. Sometimes, sadly, that means moving the sex trade abroad.
Just this week, authorities in Germany raided 62 properties and arrested seven men they allege brought Thai women and transsexuals to Germany to work as prostitutes. The Bangkok Post reports three brothels were operating in the town of Siegen where the Thais were working having entered the country on fake tourist visas. Log in No account? Sign up Log out news. Surveillance operation takes place in an Indonesian red light district. Share on Facebook. Death toll rises from floods and landslides.
