Madam's flat raided
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Police and agents from the Anti-Money Laundering Office yesterday raided the home of a suspected brothel madam in Songkhla after Bt320 million of her assets were ordered seized last week.
Pranom Praekhokesoong, 58, was also charged yesterday with human trafficking, following two raids in July last year on the Chalee 259 Karaoke parlour and Chalee Spa Home, which were believed to be fronts for the sex trade. Acting on information from the Lao Embassy, authorities rescued 70 women from the two shops, including 24 minors, of whom two were 15-year-old girls from Laos.
Police and AMLO officials had seized Pranom’s assets, including a flat in Songkhla and two plots of land in Narathiwat’s Sungai Kolok district. The suspect has yet to be indicted for procuring or forcing sex services, or transnational human trafficking. She has denied forcing the women, saying they were all willing.
