Malaysians, Thais arrested in crystal meth bust
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BANGKOK (AP) — Police in southern Thailand have seized 26 kilograms (57 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine concealed in a pickup truck's headlights. They arrested six people and say the drugs were to be smuggled to Malaysia. Police Maj. Gen.

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Thai police seize tiger parts said to be for China
WTVC
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police say they have seized the carcasses of tigers and other big cats believed to have been destined for consumption in China. Police Lt. Col. Theerapat Tharithai says a Thai man and a Vietnamese man were arrested Wednesday in a …

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Thailand enraged over army sex video with autistic woman
Bikya Masr
BANGKOK: Thailand is in a frenzy over a video showing Thai army soldiers having sex with a woman. The anger grew this week after the government reported the woman was autistic. A number of women's rights activists and groups are demanding that the …

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Buddhist priest arrested on sex assault charge
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He was born in Thailand, but he is a US citizen and had been a Buddhist priest in the United States since 1995, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the Cook County Sheriff's office. In October 2011, Barbara Blaine from SNAP (Survivors …
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Bangkok Rising
New York Times
One morning in January, I watched as young Thai men and women emerged from the Erawan Bangkok shopping mall, put down their Comme des Garçons and Burberry bags, and bowed with folded hands to the Hindu creation deity Brahma at the Erawan shrine …

Solana Beach resident uses performance art to put sexual assault awareness 'in …
Del Mar Times
Proceeds from the event benefited a Thai shelter for women battling domestic violence and sex crimes. Courtesy photo When Isabella Konold watched ?Born Into Brothels,? a documentary about the kids of Calcuttan prostitutes being born into the red light …

Convicted sex offender objects to judge's recommendation on bid for shorter …
al.com (blog)
Burgess Lee Burgess is serving a 6½-year prison sentence for traveling to Thailand to have sex with young boys. Burgess argued that his attorney, Donald E. "Skip" Brutkiewicz Jr., cost him a chance to appeal his sentence by failing to file a notice of …

Thai police: Man connected with organized crime arrested for human trafficking
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Chavalit Sawangpuech says Jakrapan Watcharapin, 55, was arrested Friday on human trafficking charges involving three Thai women allegedly forced to become sex workers in Japan. Chavalit said Japanese authorities had rescued the women, …
Bangkok police arrest man for trafficking Thai sex slaves to JapanThe Japan Times

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Southeast Missourian woman returns from Thailand after helping victims of …
The Republic
Sex trafficking has been called one of the most disturbing global crimes, specifically in the Asia-Pacific area. The industry in Thailand thrives as a $150 billion business each year, dating back to the Vietnam War when Thailand basically became a …

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Obama gay marriage support seen as world precedent
San Francisco Chronicle
(05-10) 04:44 PDT BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dragged them through the streets. In Egypt, laws prohibiting …
Same-sex marriage rights a distant dream around the worldThe Detroit News
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Thailand big draw for sex change surgeries
Hindustan Times
Thailand is not just a cheap holiday destination. According to city doctors, several Indians wanting to undergo sex reassignment surgery travel to the country as its clinics allegedly offer attractive packages. Thailand has a large transgender …

Thai underage sex tour organiser named
New Zealand Herald
David Wales as he left the Manukau District Court during his trial for organising a sex tour to Thailand. He was found guilty and his name suppression has now lapsed. Photo / NZ Herald The man who organised an underage sex tour to Thailand has also …

Identity of child sex tour operator revealed
3News NZ
Wales planned to have sex with young boys and make a business out of it in Thailand. He set up a website to attract business but his first client was an undercover police officer wearing a wire. Wales was arrested in 2010 in an operation dubbed …

Sex workers rescued from 'fortress' brothel
AsiaOne
It also had a cramped air-conditioned room to hide its sex workers whenever the authorities raided the premises. On Saturday, a police team from the Anti-Trafficking in Person Unit busted the brothel's operations and detained 10 people, including five …

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Glenallen resident returns from Thailand after helping victims of human …
Southeast Missourian
Sex trafficking has been called one of the most disturbing global crimes, specifically in the Asia-Pacific area. The industry in Thailand thrives as a $150 billion business each year, dating back to the Vietnam War when Thailand basically became a …

Schmidt helps human trafficking victims in Thailand
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan's Hope Schmidt, 18, a December graduate of IDEAS Academy, recently returned from three weeks of public service work in Thailand. Schmidt worked with the Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities (DEPDC), whose founder, …