Thailand: Phuket 'Scene of FBI, North Korean Arms Dealings' (& supernotes)

Phuket Wan ^ | 08/24/09 | Alan Morison

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Phuket 'Scene of FBI, North Korean Arms Dealings'

By Alan Morison

Monday, August 24, 2009

SOME remarkable meetings take place on Phuket, and we are not talking Asean summits, even though it was good for the island to have US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drop by in July.

This particular meeting, reported for the first time today, is a different kind of gathering, more reminiscent of the one involving a Vietnamese lawyer who now stands accused of plotting to overthrow his country's leaders after meeting other alleged ''conspirators'' on Phuket.

Let's call it the Uncle Sam Sham Scam.

This gathering on the holiday island involved arms dealers and North Korean fake $100 notes, known as supernotes because of their high quality.

In a detailed account in the British newspaper, the Independent, author David Samuels describes an attempt by the FBI to track and arrest those involved.

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For more info, check this link:

Counterfeiting: Notes on a scandal

[Lazamataz]

I just like the name of the town.

Phuket.

By the way, I hope to visit a town in China soon.

Xcrewyiu.

:)

[PJ-Comix]

Andrew Zimmern visited Phuket and was VERY CAREFUL in how he pronounced it.

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Andrew Zimmern visited Phuket and was VERY CAREFUL in how he pronounced it.

In Africa, one must be careful how one pronounces the town name Hitdabich, the German town of Eitmeishortz, and the Norwegian town of Flipuuov.

[paulycy]

Thailand?

Phuket.

[Lazamataz]

Make sure to be careful how you pronounce these towns when you visit them:

• Schiezahore, Austria.
• Rottinkrotch, Germany
• Phlaminpanzi, Cambodia

[bill1952]

Isn’t this one of the major sex tourist locations/attractions in Thailand?

Not like Pattaya or Patpong, but still pretty much so?

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Ping!

[BJClinton]

Be careful how you pronounce this Austrian town's name.