Hundreds of foreigners/teachers arrested in nationwide operation X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner

[HHTel]

"I want to keep the number at zero."

I personally know two who have not only overstayed but are working!!

[HHTel]

The visa issue is also a problem when foreigners are lured into renewing their visas via brokers. Checks by police found their services involve many irregularities, involving forging documents that certify applicants' financial status and false claims of their money records.

A law stipulates that foreigners who want to prolong their stay in Thailand need to have at least 800,000 baht in their bank accounts.

This is exploited by brokers who resort to trickery to make officers believe that the visa renewal applicants have enough money to pay for their living expenses.

They transfer money to their clients' bank accounts in the morning to have the balance checked by officers and quickly withdraw it in the evening once the financial "proof" has been provided, Pol Lt Gen Surachate said.

There are many on other threads/forums that are convinced that, since the withdrawal of 'income letters' , using an 'agent' is the way around the regulations. We'll see!

[laphanphon]

And why we are, where we now are on restriction on verifying financials for long term stay.

Round 'em all up, overstayer / scammers, brokers, and Buddha forgive, the Imm Officers that accept the obvious bogus paperwork from brokers.

Ban for life, lose broker license (if such a thing), fired from job (not transferred).

[T.O.M.]

Quote from the interview with Big Joke.....
"They transfer money to their clients' bank accounts in the morning to have the balance checked by officers and quickly withdraw it in the evening once the financial "proof" has been provided, Pol Lt Gen Surachate said.

It is not such a serious matter if their clients are decent people, but some might be criminals, he said. He recommended foreigners who need help to contact his agency directly."

In usual Thai style he "forgot" to mention, that for this scam to work immigration officers have to be involved...
But maybe they only accept bribes from decent people...?

[laphanphon]

"He recommended foreigners who need help to contact his agency directly"

I guess if I ring him up, and show him my financial account on my laptop, monthy direct deposits, that will verify my income, and I won't need the 400k or 800k sitting idle for a few months every year.

Or if a bit shy on the financials, that police report or lack of any, record, since a nice guy, then we can overlook the financials, since been here so long and been a good boy.

They talk as if anyone believes anything they say. Or that it's applicable to any aspect of our lives.

[handdrummer]

In another article in today's Bangkok Post it states that a world wide poll shows that Thais are the least informed people in the world. No argument from me.

[Nereus]

Hundreds caught in latest 'Outlaw Foreigners' raids

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... recent_box

A total of 375 people were arrested for immigration offences in the latest "Outlaw Foreigners" raids, which targeted 239 locations across the country early Friday morning.

Officers involved in the raids also arrested 115 Thais for separate offences, Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, said during a media briefing.

Of the 490 foreign and Thai suspects, 21 (four each from India, Laos, and Myanmar, two each from Germany, Sweden and Vietnam and one each from the USA, Russia and Italy) were charged with overstaying their visas.
Another 249 foreigners ( 113 from Myanmar, 71 from Laos, 64 from Cambodia and one from Pakistan) were charged with illegal entry.

The remaining 220 (115 Thais, 42 from Cambodia, 33 from Myanmar, 16 from China, 7 from Laos, 2 each from India and Japan, one each from Italy, the USA and England) were charged with other offences, Pol Maj Gen Surachate said.

The raids were the 28th phase of the ongoing crackdown dubbed “ X-Ray Outlaw Foreigner, aimed at sweeping out foreign criminals entering the country to commit crime, such as romance scams, credit card skimming and drug trafficking, and those who overstayed their visas, he said.

Officers from several agencies, including the Patrol and Special Operation Division, the Arinyarat 261 task force, the Narcotics Suppression Bureau’s Sayop Pairee special task force, the Tourist Police Bureau, the Immigration Bureau and Bang Rak police station were involved in the operations.

The teams targeted 239 locations -- 3 language schools, 60 shops, 10 nightspots, 74 hotels and dormitories and 92 other places.
To date, a total of 6,468 people had been arrested during raids at 6,252 locations across the country, Pol Lt Gen Surachate said.

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[Big Boy]

Numbers are dropping - are they running out of illegals?

[PeteC]

Numbers are dropping - are they running out of illegals?

Perhaps yes as about 1/3 of the above numbers were Thais. Walking around without an ID card?

[handdrummer]

They can go to the US, millions of illegal there.

What do they do with them after they're arrested?

If deported do they have to pay their own fare?

[buksida]

Good to see Thailand still has its priorities in order. Illegal rogue bandit outlaw teachers, such a scourge. No worries about the meth heads driving like nutballs killing innocents in their pickup trucks, if 'big joke' put half as much effort into policing the roads instead of getting a hard on about a few visa overstayers Thailand would quickly drop down from the top of that list of most dangerous countries in the world to drive in.

[Nereus]

Good to see Thailand still has its priorities in order. Illegal rogue bandit outlaw teachers, such a scourge. No worries about the meth heads driving like nutballs killing innocents in their pickup trucks, if 'big joke' put half as much effort into policing the roads instead of a few visa overstayers Thailand would quickly drop down from the top of the list of most dangerous countries in the world.

This new Immigration head is a completely loose cannon! Buddha only knows what he will come up with next! Anybody that has been following the saga of the Saudi girl should be aware of just what he will stoop to. I think that in this particular case he was jerked into line from higher up, as he made a 180 degree turn without any explanation.

I have no problem with rounding up drug dealing overstayers, but the widely advertised crack down reflects badly on the rest of us. Why the hell where most of these types allowed entry in the first place?

[buksida]

This dude probably had something to do with it.

[Nereus]

Hundreds more foreigners arrested for visa offences

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... a-offences

A total of 382 foreigners were arrested for immigration offences in raids which targeted 217 locations in Bangkok and other provinces across the country early on Friday morning.

Combined teams of police involved in the raids also arrested 121 Thais for other offences, bringing the total number of arrests to 503, said Pol Maj Gen Ittiphol Itthisarnronnchai, deputy chief of the Immigration Bureau.

Thirteen foreigners (4 from Iran, 3 from Laos, 2 from Russia and one each from the USA, India, China and Mongolia) were charged with overstaying their visas.

Another 252 (94 from Laos, 86 from Myanmar, 2 from Vietnam and one each from India and South Korean) were charged with illegal entry, Pol Maj Gen Itthiphol said.

The remaining 238 suspects (121 Thais, 50 from Cambodia, 40 from Myanmar, 6 each from Laos and Vietnam, 3 from India, 2 each from the Philippines, China, Australia and Russia and one each from England, South Korea, Greece and Germany) were charged with other offences, he said.

Officers from several agencies were involved in the latest phase of "Opertion X-ray Outlaw Foreigner" -- the Immigration Bureau, the Tourist Police Bureau, the Patrol and Special Operation Division, three police task forces and Huay Kwang police.

“The raids target 217 locations – 4 language schools, 73 companies and shops, 6 nightspots, 50 hotels and dormitories and 84 other places,’’ said Pol Maj Gen Itthiphol.

To date, a total of 6,971 people had been arrested during raids on 6,469 locations across the country, he said.

[Nereus]

Hundreds more foreigners nabbed for visa offences

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/genera ... recent_box


Published: 15/02/2019 at 11:30 AM
Online news:

A total of 435 foreigners, all but six from Asian countries, were arrested for immigration offences in coordinated raids targetting 220 locations across the country in the early hours of Friday.

Eighty-seven Thais were also detained for other offences, bringing the total number of arrests to 522, Pol Maj Gen Ittiphol Itthisarnronnachai, deputy chief of the Immigration Bureau, said during a media briefing.

Combined teams of Chana Songkhram police, immigration, tourist police and other agencies descended on premises in Bangkok and other provinces.
Fifteen foreigners (5 from Myanmar, 4 from Cambodia, 3 from Laos, one each from Vietnam, India, and Denmark) were charged with overstaying their visas.

Another 287 (143 from Myanmar, 102 from Laos, 38 from Cambodia, 3 from India and one from Bangladesh) were charged with illegal entry.

Pol Maj Gen Ittiphol said the remaining 220 (87 Thais, 79 from Myanmar, 31 from Cambodia, 7 from China, 5 from Laos, 3 each from Vietnam and Turkey, and one each from Israel, India, the Philippines, Iraq, and another of unknown nationality) were charged with other offences.