Police have made a series of arrests of loan sharks based in Nakhon Ratchasima, netting members of several rackets, some of which demand extremely high interest rates, up to 60 per cent daily, from their clients. ...full story at The Nation
from The Nation on Fri, Nov 20 2009
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