A good read..... Thailand's Shadow Economy

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Sex shops, street bars survive government's graft crackdown

No change, other than costlier bribes, for Thailand's 'shadow economy'

1 Jul 2015

FernтАЩs cocktail bar appears each night on a sidewalk between a group of scantily-clad women from the next-door go-go bar and a noodle stall near one of BangkokтАЩs infamous red-light districts. By morning it has vanished.

The bar, the prostitution, even the food stall are illegal, part of a shadow economy that one economist estimates is worth more than two-fifths of the nation's gross domestic product. The government says it has cracked down on corruption, and that's the reason why the country has the slowest economic growth among developing nations in East Asia. Yet on the streets of the capital, there's little sign of any difference.

Payments to bribe officials and mafia are higher now, so everyone is earning less, said Fern, who uses an alias because the bar she's been running for almost five years is unlicensed. She said it has become more expensive since the army took over because the people she pays said they also have to pay more........ (read more).....

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... -crackdown

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[latintopxxx]

....????????... why is this news???.........unless u have been living under a rock sonce noah floated the ark...do u really think all thise money boys who rip me off 1000bht for a fuck or 2 are submitting tax returns??? what are u...??...way beyond stupid...like in dumb ass galaxy!!