Campaign and center to prevent child abductions planned
Thailand’s Anti-Human Trafficking Police will partner with the Mirror Foundation to launch a campaign and center to prevent the abduction of children, as anti-money laundering authorities announced last week they Continue Reading
UN refugee agency praises Thai decision on trafficking victims
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said last week that Thailand had taken a positive step in allowing victims of human trafficking and witnesses in trafficking trials to stay Continue Reading
MSDHS unveils procedures against human trafficking related officials
BANGKOK, 18 April 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) has unveiled the procedures to punish government officials involved with human trafficking, as urged by Continue Reading
Decision on victims of trafficking welcomed
The Nation, April 12, 2016 1:00 am THE UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced yesterday that it was encouraged by the government’s decision to allow human-trafficking victims to stay and work Continue Reading
US envoy says Thai government wants to end IUU fishing
Thailand’s government has shown that it wants to take strong action to end Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, the United States Science Envoy for the Oceans Jane Lubchenco said Continue Reading
SUMMARY OF THAILAND’S TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2015 (JANUARY – MARCH 2016)
UPDATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2015 The Royal Thai Government Response 1 January – 31 March 2016 Summary The Update documents Thailand’s efforts to combat human trafficking during Continue Reading
Shrimp Sustainable Supply Chain Task Force Progress update – October 2015
Shrimp Sustainable Supply Chain Task Force Progress update – October 2015 Source: http://www.shrimptaskforce.global
Boat people fall by 96 percent on Thai trafficking crackdown
One year after the boat people crisis on the Indian Ocean, the number of Rohingya Muslims and other people fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by sea fell by 96 percent, in Continue Reading
Meeting between Mr. Maitree Intusut, Permanent Secretary for Social Development and Human Security of Thailand and Ambassador Susan Coppedge, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the U.S. State Department
On 21 March 2016, Ambassador Pisan Manawapat arranged a meeting between Mr. Maitree Intusut, Permanent Secretary for Social Development and Human Security of Thailand and Ambassador Susan Coppedge, Ambassador-at-Large to Continue Reading
Landmark trial of human traffickers begins in Bangkok
The largest and most significant trial of human traffickers in Thailand opened last week in a special court in Bangkok with 92 defendants, including an army general and politicians, accused Continue Reading