Pattaya crackdown on pedo's!

Thailand charges Britons, American and Finn with pedophilia

Two Britons, an American and a Finnish man were arrested in Thailand's eastern resort town of Pattaya on Monday and charged with sexually abusing under-aged girls, police said.

Glenn Richard Allen from the United States, a Finnish man identified only by his first name Hero, and two Britons -- Maurice John Praill and Stephen James Ellison -- were charged with molesting children aged under 15, police said.

"We have known for some time about an international gang of human traffickers and pedophiles in Pattaya," said Major General Kamronwit Thoopkrajang of the women and children's protection division.

"We arrested the four after we got enough evidence that they were involved in the gang and had earlier committed such crimes in their homelands."

Kamronwit said Thai police had been working with counterparts from Britain, the United States and Finland to track down the suspects.

The men were arrested at four different locations in Pattaya, he said, and police also seized evidence including video and film cameras and electronic child pornography images.

If convicted, the four face up to 20 years each in prison.

Pattaya has recently been trying to shed its sleazy image and crack down on child sex tourism, but child protection organisations have warned that attempts to clean up the city may just push the trade behind closed doors.

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BKKSTAN wrote:Pattaya has recently been trying to shed its sleazy image and crack down on child sex tourism, but child protection organisations have warned that attempts to clean up the city may just push the trade behind closed doors.

Knowing the criminal mind as I do - that is a very distinct possibility. Ultimately, poverty breeds this industry - and it will be almost impossible to eradicate as long as falangs are perceived to have a lot money and are willing to pay the extra "costs" to procure young people for pedophiliac intentions...