The girls were prostitutes, but that didn't shock me.

That basically was slave. But that didn't shock me.

That basically was slave trade.

I was being let into some deeper secret area of this syndicate. I'm in. It's my life, my freedom for smuggling heroin.

This is serious business.

Why didn't I back out when I had the chance? Why didn't I back out?

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From Wundere, this is locked up abroad.

I'm your host Jim Clemente.

Busted in Bangkok tells the story of Australian teacher Tim Schrader, who travels to Bangkok to teach English.

He enjoys the work, but the salary isn't enough to pay for the very expensive night life in Bangkok he enjoys.

He starts supplementing his income, making money marrying young Thai women for a trafficking ring.

This leads to a job smuggling heroin from Bangkok. marrying young Thai women for a trafficking ring.

This leads to a job smuggling heroin from Bangkok to the U.S.

But, unbeknownst to him, he's been set up,

smuggling more than a hundred times the amount needed

to secure a death sentence in Thailand.

I'd gone up in Melbourne, I had an average middle class upbringing but had conservative

parents who were quite religious. Other than that it was pretty normal.

I'd always had a sense of adventure. So I'd come to Bangkok to try my luck at teaching English.

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