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Thailand’s Minister of the Interior Anupong Paochinda detailed last week the broad array of actions to fight human trafficking taken under his ministry’s supervision of law enforcement and local government, Continue Reading

By Chatchai Sarikalya, Thailand’s Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, in Thought Leader, The Parliament Magazine on 8 September 2015, The fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated Continue Reading

Thai police have succeeded in gaining the trust and cooperation of 13 trafficked migrant workers from Laos who said they are now willing to testify against a Thai bank executive Continue Reading

By Prangthong Jitcharoenkul for The Bangkok Post on 7 September 2015, PONTIANAK, INDONESIA: A Thai delegation is working with the Indonesian government to free Thai fishermen detained for illegally entering Continue Reading

Thailand scored a landmark victory in the fight against human trafficking last week as a local politician was sentenced to more than two decades in prison by a provincial court, Continue Reading

The Bangkok Post on 28 August 2015, A former member of the Satun Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO) has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in jail for trafficking Continue Reading

The United States and Thailand have begun working more closely together on the issue of human trafficking. Cooperation has intensified between the two countries as a team of experts from Continue Reading

By Opas Boonlom for the Nation on 24 August 2015, THE CRIMINAL Court's three new divisions, covering human trafficking, narcotics, and corruption and misconduct of state officials, were established to Continue Reading

A wider net is tightening around more modern-day slavers as a Thai court issued arrest warrants for 68 more suspected human traffickers in southern Thailand last week, in addition to Continue Reading

By Wichayant Boonchote and Suthiwit Chayutworakan for The Bangkok Post on 14 August 2015, SONGKHLA – The Na Thawi Provincial Court has issued warrants for the arrest of 68 more Continue Reading