Bangkok Post – 3 more firms charged over smuggling

The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has filed charges against three more companies suspected of being involved in smuggling pork and falsifying documents.

Thanadol Suwannaritr, deputy chief of the ministry’s Nakaraja Task Force, said yesterday his team had found an additional three companies linked to the scheme. They are among 11 firms now being investigated by the Department of Special Investigation (DSI).

He said the three companies had falsified documents by declaring their shipments to be products related to marine fish. But when the authority opened the containers, it found a large quantity of pork inside.

The team filed a complaint with the Central Investigation Bureau for further…