Viktor Bout Finally Going Home

Viktor Bout, the Russian businessman who was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2008, is finally on the way home after it was announced that President Biden of the USA agreed to a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout and WNBA basketball player Britney Griner. The news came as somewhat of a surprise after the matter went quiet for a few months from mid-2022 until today, 08 December 2022. This is major news for Viktor Bout who spent almost 3 years in the Bangkok Remand Prison (in the Klong Prem Prison Complex) and then almost 12 years in the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City and then finally in Marion USP in Illinois, USA. From his arrest in March 2008 until now has been almost 15 years, in what was one of the largest profile extradition cases involving Thailand in history. Viktor Bout, having won his extradition case in the Court of First Instance (The Criminal Court in Ratchada, Bangkok), lost the appeal.

Thailand Bail Achieves Positive Result in Court in Under 1 Week

Thailand Bail recently got a very positive result for a criminal case involving a foreign defendant in the Samut Prakarn Provincial Court in Samut Prakarn, Thailand, charged with violating the Firearms Act of Thailand. This case was very challenging for our lawyers and interpreters, since we needed to accomplish a positive decision in a very short amount of time. Faced with the challenge of time constraints, we worked overtime and through the weekend to complete all work.

Thailand Bail Wins in Court!

Thailand Bail recently won a very important criminal case involving a foreign defendant in the Udon Thani Provincial Court in Udon Thani, Thailand, charged with attempted murder of two Thai women. This case was very challenging for our lawyers and interpreters, since there were 4 witnesses against our client, swearing to the court that he had tried to kill these two Thai women. After months of dedicated preparation, we executed the plan in court during the trial, resulting in a no-prison-time verdict for our client, who only had to pay a small fine as a penalty for this crime that could have landed him in prison for 50 years. We received recognition for this from the defendant’s embassy in Bangkok for our relentless work to get a positive judgment in this case.

The 3 Things You Must Do If You Get Arrested in Thailand

Our blog post for March 2019 is one that has been requested by many people, so we decided to focus on the 3 things you must do if you get arrested in Thailand. We often tell people that no one plans to get arrested in Thailand, but sometimes things happen. For example, we recently came across a foreigner who had been arrested with his friend for stealing a mobile phone, even though he claimed he had picked it up thinking it was his. A Thai citizen who we recently helped had been over a friend’s house for a visit when the police came in and arrested everyone for some methamphetamine they found on the premises. In Thailand, the Thai police often like to charge accused people jointly, or “ruam-gan” in Thai – to jointly commit a crime. This does not mean that you were caught in the act of doing anything illegal, but it just means that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time in many cases. Getting arrested in Thailand is a stressful event, so we advise you do the following 3 things as quickly as possible.