Thread: Bangkok: Fake luxury goods seized

A dog and pony show for USA consumption only

Be back on the streets next week

Originally Posted by FarangRed

Be back on the streets next week

I think you mean tonight!!!

Somebody should PM Lady Gaga and tell her her order is now in stock again.

Originally Posted by peterpan

A dog and pony show for USA consumption only

is one of them a pony ? I would have said all 3 were dogs

DSI Police raid probably suggested by the Police Wives' Club

Iraqi woman arrested for selling fake goods | Bangkok Post: news

Iraqi woman arrested for selling fake goods

• Published: 9/06/2012 at 03:12 AM
• Newspaper section: News

An Iraqi woman has been arrested for possessing counterfeit products with the intention of selling them to tourists in Watthana district of Bangkok.


Large quantities of fake brand-name watches and high-end products are displayed at a Department of Special Investigation press conference yesterday. Police arrested an Iraqi woman for possessing the products with the intention of selling them to tourists. TAWATCHAI KEMGUMNERD

Layla Akoobi Assoofee, a 54-year-old Iraqi, was nabbed yesterday inside her room at the Lucky Palace Hotel, where police said she had stored the fake products for sale to foreign tourists, particularly Iraqis.

Pol Lt Col Chinnachot Daengsurisri, director of the Bureau of Intellectual Property Crime, said the seized haul included bags, handbags, wallets, watches and pens totalling 2,000 items worth more than 10 million baht.

The police said a foreign informant had been used to track the woman and the hunt took many months.

Police said the suspect had traded in fake goods for five years selling more than 100 million baht's worth, making between 50,000-60,000 baht a day on busy days.

"Lucky Palace Hotel"



In this case, very poorly named....

Can't help but feel this lady obviously pissed off the wrong person. Such 'luxury' fake goods are available to buy in so many places and openly too.

Originally Posted by peterpan

A dog and pony show for USA consumption only

I hope so.

I like throwing in a few knock offs. Cheaper that way

WTF ...... Iraqi...... many months .........

They were not able in the 'months' of investigation to fins a Thai involved ?

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

An Iraqi woman has been arrested

Here we go, she was crossing the local criminals (Thai police/army backed and funded...), and the Thais thought it would be an excellent opportunity to show the world that:

1) They are serious about conterfiet goods.
2) Crime in Thailand is conducted by foreigners.

[if we guestimate that 99.9% of crime is committed by Thais, then multiply this haul through by the other 99.9% and you may get a fair-ishhhhh indication of the size of the illegal trade of conterfeit goods in Thailand...]

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

An Iraqi woman has been arrested

Here we go, she was crossing the local criminals (Thai police/army backed and funded...), and the Thais thought it would be an excellent opportunity to show the world that:

1) They are serious about conterfiet goods.
2) Crime in Thailand is conducted by foreigners.

[if we guestimate that 99.9% of crime is committed by Thais, then multiply this haul through by the other 99.9% and you may get a fair-ishhhhh indication of the size of the illegal trade of conterfeit goods in Thailand...]

i wonder if Thailand adopted the same bullshit copyright laws as the west... Like they kinda did with drug laws.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

An Iraqi woman has been arrested

1) They are serious about conterfiet goods.
2) Crime in Thailand is conducted by foreigners.

....if we guestimate that 99.9% of crime is committed by Thais,[/QUOTE]


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What a piece of cosmetics!

The usual story, divert attention from the real culprits and pin the crime on a foreigner scapegoat because "Thai can do no wrong".

Why not get the Kunts that were supplying her?

Originally Posted by Katana

WTF ...... Iraqi...... many months .........

They were not able in the 'months' of investigation to fins a Thai involved ?

That's WHY it took so long, while chasing the Iraqi down the street they were constantly blocked by Thai fake stalls which slowed them down.

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

The overall economy of Thailand had been affected by the counterfeit goods, Mr Tarit said.

Nonsense, none of these greedy corporations are Thai, or does he mean that the American Government and others who exist primarily for corporate greed are paying enough for these raids to make them beneficial for the Thai economy?