As the price of oil around the world continues to rise, gas smuggling in Thailand has been increasing as well.
From the Bangkok Post:
An increase in oil prices has intensified petrol smuggling from Malaysia into four districts of the southern province of Songkhla.
Oil business operators have stocked up on the illegally imported petrol in the hope [...]

Jeffrey Sheban of the Columbus Dispatch has written an article on the role of Thailand in the global trade in Counterfeit Goods.
Experts consider Thailand, a country of 65 million, to be the primary staging point for counterfeit goods produced in China, where up to 90 percent of the world’s knockoffs are made. Organized gangs with [...]