These firms used Thai nominees to control the coconut sector and resell the fruit by as much as 25 times the price paid to farmers Thai police have broken up a web of Chinese companies allegedly using ...

BANGKOK - Thailand's leading economic crime teams say they have found signs of a coconut cartel tied to Chinese investors.

Fruit was the most valuable agricultural export of Thailand last year, with total turnover hitting US$6.51 billion, surpassing the five-year average of $5.86 billion, according to the Trade Policy and ...