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Scammers taking the shine off flourishing gold industry

Few vendors are willing to press charges against gangs making fake bars

As the price of gold continues to climb, so does the number of gold scammers working under the influence of powerful business people.

Ek: Has gangs in his crosshairs

Police have been busy attending to complaints from gold traders deceived by con artist gangs who sell them gold bars stuffed with other metals inside them.

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Writer: Wassayos Ngamkham
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  • Discussion 2 : 25/01/2012 at 04:54 PM2

    Other than man/wife cases, no country lets the victim choose whether to go to court. Only Thailand. This is a silly way to do criminal law.

    Change the law so that only the prosecutor brings the case, not the victim.

  • Discussion 1 : 23/01/2012 at 08:24 AM1

    Welcome to modern day Thailand, where you can get scammed 1000 different ways. Why any tourist in the world would come here, when the attitude is money, money, money is beyond belief.

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