Police said Kenneth Viggo Albertsen, a 66-year-old living in Chiang Rai province on a retirement visa, is behind a website and Facebook page called “Burmese Border Chicks for Hire” that sold sex with Myanmar women for Bt6,500. The business brought women to meet clients on the Thai side of the border in Mae Sai, and also offered to “guide” men into Myanmar for sex services, police said. “He has been operating for at least 10 years,” said Colonel Jirabhob Bhuridej, deputy commander of Thailand’s Crime Suppression Police. The bust comes as Thailand is trying to shake off its reputation as a haven for sex tourists. The explosion of social media has also moved much of the business online, helping agents procure women and arrange sex services in the shadows.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 08, 2018 07:52 UTC