Criminals in Thailand beware

Bit of a strange story really. I always thought that this happened automatically to anyone entering the country, but, obviously not.
As it is a "Pattaya initiative" does it mean they will still be safe elsewhere??

Immigration to collect global arrest warrants in new online system

http://www.pattayamail.com/current/news.shtml#hd10

They have always been able to access these it is just that they are telling everyone now . Why, that's the question.

Khun Paul wrote:They have always been able to access these it is just that they are telling everyone now . Why, that's the question.

Just like most governments/law inforcement agencys they must make themselves look good in the press, no matter how much they let the criminals or terrorest know how they are trying to be caught!

It seems the trend to discover foreign criminals & getting shot of them continues.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/3 ... desirables
I think the proof of the pudding will be how successful the new set up will be, not just a couple of high profile & highly advertised successes & then back to business as usual.
This fact is a pretty damming statement about the inadequacies of the current system.

He said they also had a list of about 1,000 foreign nationals with arrest warrants issued by Thai courts.