A Swiss man will go on trial later this month in his home country on allegations that he sexually abused more than 80 boys -- some as young as nine years old -- in Thailand, authorities in Switzerland said on Friday. The unnamed man has admitted to taking thousands of pornographic pictures of the boys, but denied allegations that he molested some of them and pushed some into prostitution, according to prosecutors in the western Swiss canton of Fribourg. The crimes in Thailand are alleged to have taken place in Pattaya and Chiang Mai starting in 2001, the year the man moved to the country. The man will go before the Gruyere criminal court on charges of human trafficking, encouraging prostitution, sexual acts with children and child pornography, prosecutors said. The suspected abuse took place in Pattaya, where the man ran a bar frequented by Europeans, and in Chiang Mai, where he lived, according to prosecutors.

Source: Bangkok Post March 11, 2017 06:38 UTC