Bangkok brothel raid reveals underage sex workers, corrupt cops
BANGKOK - A raid on a large Bangkok brothel notorious for its 'soapy massages' has found underage sex workers and logbooks detailing big kickbacks to corrupt cops and officials, investigators said Wednesday.
Thailand's police force has a reputation for graft, but it is rare for authorities to reveal so clearly how the protection rackets work.
More than 100 officers from Thailand's Interior Ministry raided Nataree Massage, which is in downtown Bangkok and popular with locals and foreigners.
During the Tuesday evening raid they found documents detailing alleged payments worth thousands of dollars to police and city officials.
"The account book with the hush money is very clear in detailing which agencies and persons received the money. Most are police and police agencies," Ronnarong Thipsiri, director of the Territorial Defence Office, which was involved in the raid, told AFP.
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