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Mae Sot, Thailand to stop – the futility of smuggled goods arrive in Thailand hits you like the proverbial two by four in the face when you cross the river in Myanmar Moi views

The bridge of friendship has a steady stream of pedestrians, and at least as many people crossing the river on tubes or small boats. And Wade in the dry season of two months either side of New Year's Eve, many just for the water to the knees.

The Thai army has an eye onMovement, but makes no effort to stop traffic. The network begins with a Thai immigration checkpoint about 10 kilometers (six miles) inside the country. And here are more concerned with people as illegal trade in goods.

And the passage in Mae Sot is a place along the 2107 km long
(1,309.8 miles) of border.

Thai law requires the import duty on gems, and the police arrested people to the event for the right break. But it israre, and if people pay is usually in Bangkok.

The laws are old – § § 27 of the Tariff Act of 1926 and Sections 16 and
17 of the Tariff Act of 1939 – and pre-date Thailand to cut and polish a world center for colored stones. Now most stones are imported for the value of the work will be performed again, Thailand makes money from the economy and the duty tax is not helping to promote, bring stones in Thailand. For some time, even though Thailand producesits rough from mines near Cambodia and Myanmar, had no need of imported goods. But now dried up, with their own mines, crude oil, which came from outside Thailand.

In America it is legal to import loose stones and not pay taxes until declaring its value. Even the stones can be taken illegally from their country of origin, at no cost to the U.S. is imported.

But Thailand has their laws, their gems and jewelry industry to meet, so changedcompulsory expenditure will remain. And the cost of additional obligations, and smuggling is easy and inexpensive, but adds an obstacle more difficult and risky business.
This is smuggled from the Thai, Myanmar is more difficult.

One indication of this is common as the industry in Thailand, it was explained in Chanthaburi in the east of town near Cambodia, that a man who colored stones from Myanmar smuggling part of the game.

He said the hardest part is in Myanmar, although thea gesture of arrogance of the military government wants to take her and imposes a tax on all export license stones. The generals have tried to increase sales within the country according to most of the money stays in Myanmar.

September 29, 1995, approved the Myanmar Gems Law to promote a free market for precious stones. The law allows suppliers, stones mined, cut and polished for sale on the open market in Myanmar in Myanmar.

But the seller said in Chanthaburi tons of stones continue to be smuggled outMyanmar, with a lot of people carry small quantities involved.
Some purchasers to provide the border, and others carry the stones on the market in Thailand itself.

It 'difficult for details of how things have moved in Myanmar, most smugglers see little benefit to tell, and suspected persons to ask too many questions.

But, as some say, in Mae Sot, travel pieces by all means. Even the soldiers for smuggling stones. And some of the ethnic armies that have signedpeace agreements with Rangoon generals involved, too. In fact, smuggling occurs in almost all levels.

Those who do not want the product can be found people for smuggling people.

The road from the mines of Mogok and Mong Hsu for colored stones and Hpakan for Jade is much more dangerous and difficult in Myanmar. It is usually a two-day trip to Mae Sot, often largely on foot, and there are a number of potential risks in areas controlled by differentGroups and commissions payable by road.

But the smuggling routes for decades, even centuries, accepts the old set so well with its own rules. You are so deeply rooted that there are many who consider the goods along a trade route, not for smuggling.

Once in Thailand, moving the stones in small quantities is very simple and requires certain precautions. But if someone to move a lot of precious stones, it is wise to want to take precautions. It may be cheaper to pay the right people a small amount offew thousand baht (about a hundred dollars) before the stones, as did pay them a lot after that discovered them.

The stones are sometimes on the shoulders with other goods into Thailand from Myanmar.
Myanmar vegetables and perishable products go a bit 'over the border town, but teak products, old and antique furniture and ornaments from a desperately poor country to sell their assets to survive, are quite common.
And then there are drugs.

TheMovement of methamphetamine, the Thais "ya ba" (crazy drug) Call begun to change the dynamics of the frontier around 2000, when the drugs produced in large quantities along the border regions up.

Action against drugs like destroying the fabric of Thai life were observed frequent and severe. More than 2,500 drug dealers were in 2002 during the Government's effort for Thailand, the drug has killed driving. The authorities were quick to point out, most of the killings was amongDrug dealers.

The result for the trade jewel WAS an exhaustive search for the drug could also turn to stone, causing the price with the carrier with a "goal" to continue with their products. But the authorities are seeking large shipments of drugs, so that the impact was minimal for the maintenance of small quantities of stones.

However, the drug trade along the border regions is common, and sometimes associated with the trade in gems. The United Wa State Army (UWSA), aMyanmar is an ethnic group many armies involved in drug trafficking, and hide the jewel of their trade relations drugs, according to Thai government sources.

The military government in Yangon, has signed an agreement with the UWSA in June 2001 by which the State had to do with drugs and turn it to contain jewels.
But according to Thai government sources, the UWSA, the two companies were better than one. She says, used the semi-annual gem auction hosted byto wash the Myanmar Gems Enterprise money from drug trafficking. In the last auction to pay at its tender buds Wa dealer more than the original cost of money laundering.

But to say a lot of GEM dealers, the combination of drugs is exaggerated. They pointed out that too risky gems in drug trafficking. Wear it alone is safe and there are many willing to do so.

Search for "mules" carrying stones is simple enough with plenty of Myanmar in difficult situations. Immigrants come toThailand hundreds of thousands of job seekers. An Amnesty International report published in June (2005) argues that immigrants from Myanmar to take the dangerous, dirty jobs that Thais do not want.

The report says were "paid well below the Thai minimum wage, work long hours in unhealthy conditions and are at risk of arbitrary arrest and deportation."

Some add an edge that can be long and rough GEM are conducted in small quantities. Some say Bangkok gem dealer, in fact,There are many stones "contraband" in Thailand in the pockets of his coat.

The buds are always for centuries and will continue to do so.

In Mae Sot, the number of gems dealer Hawking during the daily market has grown strongly in recent years. Now Prasatwithi Street is often crowded zwischen 11 und clock 02:00. And you're as likely as Burmese Thai spoken to be heard.

The stones are everywhere, including Africa, but most from Myanmar. But some of them outMyanmar Chanthaburi, then back to Mae Sot. Cutting and polishing is much better in Chanthaburi, is rather mediocre in Mae Sot, many say.

Jade has become abundant, but the most valuable to generate more interest, and rubies are the biggest attraction.

But most sellers buyers do not necessarily mean more sales. We said it had 20 years of activity in Mae Sot, and the amount of stones is not much more than before, there are simply more people sell smallerAmounts.

The U.S. embargo against everything from Myanmar had little influence on precious stones, why not have the time. And summer time pariah state lasts, is new. This could be a good thing, his vision of the futility of a world without corners, and Ruby-market from Myanmar, where most traders estimate about 80 percent of original content. It is also better for the game in the world.

During the period when crude oil was also banned from Myanmar higherquality rubies emerged from Vietnam, Sri Lanka and elsewhere. Now with crude oil from Myanmar legal – as long as it has improved, where are the others – just return these stones from Myanmar.

American customs agents will be difficult to know a Mogok Ruby Ruby from Vietnam, however, so that the prohibition would be difficult at best.
And these same customs officials have more urgent things to try, such as arms and drugs.

But hisnot only rubies and other colored stones to the embargo were received. textile factories have sewn labels, saying that he did in Thailand, China and another in another country and sold through intermediaries, the clothes in the U.S. and EU countries.

Embargoes are difficult to maintain, and carry the event of something so precious and colored stones as easy, almost impossible.

American companies stopped buying rubies from Burma, and everything else
2003,the United States have banned imports of all products in Myanmar with the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act brought into force on August 28. The ban was in protest against the general case of human rights.

Then in December 2004, the U.S. Customs Department, the rule changed to colored stones. The new legislation stated that gems mined in Myanmar, but cut and polished in other countries are not classified as Myanmar. Rubin and other stones were effectively excluded from the ban.

More colorfulStones from Myanmar are cut and polished in Canthaburi, a global center for the heat treatment. Even stones already cut and polished in Myanmar are often done again without success, because the skill level is the Thai workers.

However, some U.S. companies with a ban, ostensibly as Tiffany & Co, March 2005, said it would not have bought, put the stones from Myanmar.
President and CEO Michael Kowalski in a state, said: "support democratic reforms and an endHuman rights violations in that country, and we believe that our customers would agree with this position. "

Aung Din, a Burmese co-founder of U.S. Campaign for Burma adopted a good policy.

"Mining in Burma (Myanmar) has supported the dictator ruling while bleeding the Burmese people, why anyone should buy these 'blood gems' he told Thai-based Irrawaddy magazine says.

Gemstones are currently the most important source of revenue for the military government.
Afterfigures of the Government of Myanmar has earned $ 22,000,000 in the second of two official auction in 2004, a case was twice a year by 1992.

Myanmar Gems Emporium, as it is called, dates back to 1964 when it was an informal meeting. Then in 1992, trying to earn more gems, the generals of Myanmar Gems Enterprise was the Ministry of Mines, hold two per year.

But, as was the official sales. The Myanmar government gets nothing smuggling of stonesThailand.

"There are two ways to get stones from Burma. One is dealing with the Burmese government for their auctions. The other is with the people who deal illegally across the border in Thailand. What they are smuggling, the government in Burma not get anything, "said a trader in Bangkok.

Jade is a different matter. A lot is in Thailand, but more is only going to China, there is a growing market for stone in the growing economy.

And JadeMines in northern Myanmar are conveniently located near the 2,204 km-(1,370 mile) border between the two countries.

It does not seem so tight tighten the generals in Rangoon network, colored stones will continue their good trot lines to travel the country and the world market.

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