Russian Mafia in Thailand. Should we be afraid of it?

In this article I do not want to scare you with the existing crime in Thailand. Believe me, against the background of Russia, Thailand seems quite harmless country! But still, should we be afraid of Russian mafia in Thailand?

Criminal Thailand

Crime in Thailand is gaining new records every year. This is because every day there is an increasing influx of Russian gangsters into the country from all over the former post-Soviet space. Especially they swarm the most popular resort areas.

Fraud, extortion, murder, robbery with weapons (how to buy weapons in Thailand) – and this is not a complete list of the crimes of Russian mafia in Thailand. Phuket and Pattaya are the most profitable resorts in Thailand – that is why these places are so beloved by criminals. Their goal is to rob their own countrymen, but recently they have started to attack foreigners as well.

Lately, they have been targeting foreigners as well.

There are many Russian tourists in Thailand who have common affairs with the Russian Mafia, that is, with criminal gangs involved in crime to this day.

Some criminals stay in Phuket to lay low. But it all lasts until they run out of cash. After that, they get together in groups and go back to their criminal activities. They don’t care that they live in a foreign country or that they might eventually be arrested by the Thai police. Easy profits cause them to become clouded, and like wild animals they go hunting.

As Thai police operatives say, even gangsters in Thailand engage in crime that are not easy to catch. In this case, they have to turn to their Russian colleagues from Russia for help.

In this case, they have to ask for help.

Gaining trust

Thailand has settled another type of criminal personalities, their main goal is acquaintance, gaining trust and friendship with the victim, with the person not even having a suspicion of the danger of his new acquaintance. Victims are most often people with wealth, the offender with her can be in a friendly relationship and not one month until he is caught on the hook. Most often this happens when buying real estate. At that point, the now “harmless friend” can commit both fraud and murder followed by robbery. About How to buy property in Thailand without running into scammers, we passed.

Pyramid-MMM

Although it’s not the Mafia, but still … Since 2011, and most likely to this day, scammers from all over the CIS moved to Thailand and engaged in machinations related to the distribution of MMM advertising. Thus, they mislead our compatriots and rip them off to the bone. Read more in MMM in Thailand – are they cheaters or not? ”

Pickpockets

You can’t really call them mafia either, but… there are such characters, which is exactly what it roofs. Pickpockets are everywhere, including Thailand. More often than not, they are immigrants from all over the world. As for the Thais, they are almost all honest people. Their belief that they will become poor after stealing in their next lives discourages them from doing it. Material on “How not to become a victim of pickpockets while traveling”.

Extortion

Russian bandits in Thailand most like to engage in extortion and intimidation of both businessmen and ordinary tourists. In this case, it exerts psychological pressure on the person who subsequently has to give up all his savings. In this case, the most frightening thing is that they do not even try to go to the police for fear of their health and the health of their loved ones. Also, according to testimonies of knowledgeable people, Russian criminals are trying to cover up, opened by our compatriots, business in Thailand.

Lawlessness

Phuket and Pattaya, sometimes even covered by the lawlessness of Russian burglars. The victims are ordinary tourists who came to Thailand for only a couple of weeks. They are robbed or killed by their own countrymen. The crimes of this kind are mostly committed at night. For some criminals all this mayhem seems routine and entertainment, which has its own definition as “to trick a sucker”. According to tourist reviews, drunken Russian bumpkins are found both in Thailand, and in Russia.

But not only Russian mafia runs rampant in Thailand. There are also foreign criminal personalities, whose homeland is South America, China (Chinese triad) and Europe. There are also such criminals, who in Thailand start a new life – legalize their criminal business, have families, fortunately, there are not so many of them in the country.

Be careful when you meet new acquaintances and friends in Thailand!!!