Guns, Girls, Gambling, Ganja: Thailand's Illegal Economy and Public Policy History of Religious and other “fruits” of economic

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Guns, Girls, Gambling, Ganja: Thailand's Illegal Economy and Public Policy History of Religious and other “fruits” of economicBy Pasuk Phongpaichit, Sungsidh Piriyarangsan and Nualnoi Treerat Gambling, prostitution, drugs, arms trading, oil smuggling, and trafficking in peoplethese six illegal businesses are large and getting larger. They distort the economy and victimize people. They are increasingly linked together through networks of protection and organized crime. They help to fund Thailands corrosive money politics and to sustain corruption in the police. In this sequel