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Chonburi Immigration led by Pol. Col. Athiwit Kamolrat, Commander of the entire Chonburi Immigration Bureau is reminding hotel owners in Pattaya to report to Immigration details of their foreign guests with the aim to reduce human traffcking activities, illegal immigrant workers and other foreigner crimes.

Thailand's Criminal Court has ruled to extradite a British national to face trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on fraud charges involving more than US$150 million.

The crackdown by Thai police on undesirable foreigners living in Thailand is gaining momentum with numerous recent arrests of fugitives wanted by INTERPOL and other countries. There have been many arrests, but there were fve, highprofle arrests. Thailand is making it clear that this country is not the place to hide.

Only ten percent, or around 140,000 foreign workers whose work permits expire at the end of February, visited Provincial Employment Offces to apply for document renewals, according to Thailand's Foreign Workers Administration.

The head of Thailand Immigration Lt. General Wuthi Liptapanlop Says Special Unit Formed to Hunt for Foreign Criminals in Thailand. At a special, high-level police conference held at a Jomtien Hotel on Soi 12 Friday and Saturday Police Lt. General Wuthi Liptapanlop announced the formation of a special unit called the National Criminal Center to catch foreigners wanted for crimes. He spoke in English to representatives of foreign embassies and police organizations stationed in Bangkok about how to all work together to catch foreign criminals.