by Teuvo Tuomi | May 9, 2024 | Business, Crime, Health, News, Thailand
Thailand will re-list cannabis as a narcotic by year-end, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. After becoming one of the first countries in Asia to decriminalize its recreational use, the domestic retail sector for marijuana has been booming in Thailand, with...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Mar 17, 2024 | Cambodia, Crime, Finland, Myanmar, News, Thailand
Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs has suspended the reception of wild-berry pickers’ visa applications in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar. Schengen visas will not be issued to wild-berry pickers from these countries for the summer 2024 harvest season. After...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 25, 2023 | Crime, Philippines, Travel
A “cult scare” is driving tourists away from Socorro town in Surigao del Norte. Socorro municipal agriculturist Edelito Sangco, chair of the government’s Task Force Kapihan, said tourist arrivals in the town had nosedived since the cult-like activities of the Socorro...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Nov 21, 2023 | ASEAN, Business, Crime, Myanmar, News, Singapore, Southeast Asia
Published annually, the Basel AML Index ranks countries with sufficient data to calculate a reliable risk score. It is a snapshot of global money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risks and progress by countries and regions. According to this year’s...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Aug 30, 2023 | ASEAN, Crime, News, Southeast Asia
The UN Human Rights Office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia into participating in unlawful online scam operations. These include false romantic ploys, bogus investment pitches, and illegal gambling schemes. IN its...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Feb 18, 2023 | Education, Crime, Research, Southeast Asia, Thailand
Eight Thai universities claim that some of their lecturers have submitted research papers that they bought on the Internet and claimed as their work. According to Sirirurg Songsivilai, permanent secretary of the department of higher education, “34 universities have...
