Ambassador meets with head of the U.S. State Department’s anti-trafficking office to strengthen Thai – U.S. anti-trafficking cooperation
On 3 December 2015, Ambassador Pisan Manawapat met with Ambassador Susan Coppedge, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, who recently Continue Reading
Press Release: Thailand is ready to work with partners in private sector and civil society to combat human trafficking and improve labor condition in fisheries sector
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Illegal foreign models face crackdown
By Penchan Charoensuthipan for the Bangkok Post on 2 December, 2015, Labour authorities and the modelling association have vowed to jointly tackle the problem of foreign models working illegally in Continue Reading
Crackdown on IUU Fishing : Thai Union says Government making gains against traffickers
The CEO of Thai Union Group, the country’s largest seafood company, insisted last week that the government has made substantial progress against illegal fishing and human trafficking in the fishing Continue Reading
Warrants issues for 11 more trafficking suspects
Police have obtained warrants for the arrest of 11 more suspects in the trafficking of 98 Rohingya migrants intercepted in southern Nakhorn Sri Thammarat province in January, in a case Continue Reading
Prime Minister revokes licenses of 8,000 fishing trawlers
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha stood his ground and officially revoked the licenses of 8,024 fishing trawlers last week, showing no leniency in the government’s campaign to end illegal, unregulated and Continue Reading
Thailand’s Latest Efforts to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
Fact Sheets on Thailand’s Latest Efforts to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Highlights of Thailand’s New Fisheries Legislation Highlights of Thailand’s Marine Fisheries Management Plan, Continue Reading
Police to prepare 11 more trafficking arrest warrants
Eleven more warrants will be issued next week for the arrest of human trafficking suspects, Nakhon Si Thammarat police revealed. Pol Lt-General Thesa Siriwatho, chief of Provincial Police Region 8, Continue Reading
Court proceedings begin against 88 human traffickers
The Criminal Court began proceedings last week in the trial of 88 people charged with human trafficking of Rohingya and other migrants in the largest and most extensive human trafficking Continue Reading
