Lonely Planet Discover Thailand (Full Color Country Guides)Gangs take advantage of Australia's 'soft' drug laws: "rapid growth in the number of outlaw motorcycle gangs with ties to Australian clubs, moving into Thailand, the Philippines and other parts of Asia.
Advertisement: Story continues below 'The theory is that this allows them access to precursors in those countries, such as pseudoephedrine, and then facilitate their importation into Australia... as well as providing some money laundering capabilities for their drug money,' Mr Anticich said.
He said the penalties for manufacturing drugs in Australia were not as harsh as those in neighbouring Asian countries, some of which have the death penalty."