Regional

Phuket Cracks Down On Foreign-Owned Shell Companies

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22 Jul The Phuket News

PHUKET: Phuket authorities have stepped up efforts to crack down on nominee businesses and other illegal commercial activities after revealing that more than one-third of the province’s registered companies have foreign shareholders, according to a high-level meeting yesterday (July 22).

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