Crime pays in Thailand. Big time.
Corruption and graft is rampant among its power elites.
It's mafias, and family crime clans rule. Thai politicians, police, courts and military brass are in their pockets.
Preying on foreigners and ripping off their property is one of the lucrative games they play. And if the victim fights back, unpleasant things including serious violence, and death befall them.
For Ray Coombs the island of Phuket was paradise. He .married a beautiful girl. He built a beautiful home.
Life was perfect. Then the bad men came and took it from him. He fought back. What followed wasn't nice.
Then Mike Villiers got involved.