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Originally Posted by mafia_man
"You need pay the police or mafia" - Truth is most don't pay either. They pay after they get caught. Why do you think most shooters go to extraordinary lengths to hide their faces.
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These days everyone just takes the risk. Back in the old days you could pay to not have problems or even have military (they outrank police) or high ranking police sit outside of your shoot location. That all went away when they started shuffling everyone to *try* to curb corruption.
The first big bust happened when he stopped paying his protection, who was the head of the Bangkok crime suppression unit at the time. The guy would actually sit in the room while porn was being made and watch it all, for 50,000b a month. Soon as he stopped getting paid, the producer got busted and I got blamed for it.
There was a big scandal afterwards and he got demoted and couldn't protect anyone anymore. However, he rocked while he was running things. He was a one stop shop, work permits, protection, gun for hire, thug, you name it. His off duty business was running security guards for diplomats, government officials, celebrities, and so on, using military for muscle. He even owned homes that he rented out for shooting. Good times. Shooting used to be fun in Thailand, now it's a pain in the ass and a roll of the dice.
BTW... shooters also hide their faces because of the endless army of "captain save-a-hoes" who actively look for guys for screwing their precious angels without a condom, because only they should have the privilege and they foolishly send them money every month like suckers. It's just easier not to have to deal with these delusional lunatics.