Tough enforcement cleaning up Thai fishing industry
Tough enforcement by the Thai authorities, including the arrests of dozens of officials complicit in human trafficking and labor abuse, is producing positive results in the government’s campaign to clean Continue Reading
Ending Labor Abuses in Thailand’s Seafood Industry
To the Editor: Re “Slave Labor on the High Seas” (editorial, Feb. 20), I wish to emphasize two points. First, compared with this time last year, Thailand has made significant Continue Reading
New trafficking blitz begins
The Bangkok Post on 19 February 2016 by Patsara Jikkham, The government has launched a fresh campaign against human trafficking, offering incentives to those who provide useful information leading to the Continue Reading
Thailand welcomes the International Megan’s Law and pledges support for child protection worldwide
On February 9, 2016, Ambassador Pisan Manawapat accompanied Pol. Maj. Gen. Jaruvat Vaisaya, Deputy Commissioner of the Thai Metropolitan Police Bureau, to meet with Congressman Chris Smith, author of the Continue Reading
Thailand further strengthens regulations to improve labor condition in fisheries sector
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Summary of Thailand’s Trafficking in Persons Report 2015
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Press Releases : Thailand’s Trafficking in Persons Report 2015
On 19 January 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted Thailand’s Trafficking in Persons Report 2015 to the US Department of State. The report documents the Royal Thai Government’s “zero Continue Reading
Commitment on Labor Protection
Testimony By H.E. Pisan Manawapat Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the United States, on behalf of the Royal Thai Government Public Hearing for U.S. Generalized System of Preferences Continue Reading
Revision on Solutions to Human Trafficking, Developing a Central Database and Training Team to Inspect Fishing Industry
The Minister of Labour consulted with working committees from 7 agencies to develop and monitor action plans to combat human trafficking in the fishing industry within 22 coastal provinces, inspecting Continue Reading