high-level graft investigation has enveloped several senior police and military officials, and has implicated seven relatives of Princess Srirasmi, the third wife of Thailand’s assumed heir to the throne, Crown Prince Maha Chakri Vajiralongkorn. A vast, sordid range of charges includes money laundering, oil smuggling, extortion and illegal casino running. The alleged ringleader of the operation, Lt. Gen. Pongpat Chayapan, is Srirasmi’s uncle