Suspected French pedophile, Thai pimp arrested

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Human-trafficking police arrested a Frenchman for allegedly purchasing sexual services of a 13-year-old girl.

Pattaya police and Palisorn Noja, director of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Abuse Center, raided a hotel on Soi Chalermprakiet 13 Oct. 11, arresting Arnaud Jean Nicolas Mariolle, 46, and 37-year-old Prapaporn Sawangram, the alleged Thai pimp who sold the Frenchman the young girl for 3,000 baht.

Police said Prapaporn confessed to pimping out the Laotian girl and keeping 1,300 baht of the fee. She claimed the girl went with foreigners voluntarily, but police still charged her with human trafficking and pandering of a minor.

The Frenchman was charged with child molestation.

Arnaud Jean Nicolas Mariolle has been arrested for child molestation.Arnaud Jean Nicolas Mariolle has been arrested for child molestation.

Prapaporn Sawangram has been arrested for human trafficking and pandering of a minor.Prapaporn Sawangram has been arrested for human trafficking and pandering of a minor.