Special court divisions to combat three key crimes
By Kesinee Taengkhiao for The Nation on 11 August 2015, COURT OFFICES TO FOCUS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING, GRAFT AND DRUGS; PACT ON PROSECUTION, WITNESS PROTECTION THE CRIMINAL Court's special divisions Continue Reading
Human trafficking court opens, more traffickers arrested
Thailand opened a new special court devoted solely to trying human trafficking cases on Monday, as Thai police sustained their war on trafficking by arresting eight people in two cases Continue Reading
Thailand taking strong actions against IUU fishing
Over 1,500 ships have been fitted with monitoring systems, tracking stations are nearly complete, and laws and policies are being amended as part of a comprehensive response by the Thai Continue Reading
Criminal Court to open new divisions today
By Kesinee Taengkhieo for The Nation on 10 August 2015, The Criminal Court’s new divisions on human trafficking, corruption and misbehaviour by state officials, and narcotics will open today, while Continue Reading
More Human Trafficking Arrests Likely as Thailand Trains Rohingya Translators
By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison for Phuket Wan on 7 August 2015, PHUKET: Fourteen Rohingya translators have been trained and officially approved as Thailand reaches a tipping point on Continue Reading
Thai PM and Army Chief vow to eradicate human trafficking
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Army Chief General Udomdej Sitabutr both vowed last week to maintain the fight against human trafficking and said that they are confident that Thailand Continue Reading
PM continues to combat human trafficking despite TIP Report ranking
English subtitle of an excerpt on Thailand’s anti-human trafficking efforts in PM weekly televised address on 31 July 2015 Earlier this week, the U.S. State Department issued its annual Trafficking Continue Reading
More stranded fishermen come home
The Bangkok Post on 30 July 2015, Another 69 Thai fishermen detained in Indonesia have been released and returned to Thailand, bringing the total number of fishermen brought home to Continue Reading
How Thailand was ranked according to the Global Slavery Index
What is the Global Slavery Index? (Source: http://www.globalslaveryindex.org/) The GSI is the flagship report produced by the Walk Free Foundation, a global organization dedicated to ending modern slavery. The methodology for the Continue Reading
PM predicts 2016 TIP upgrade
The Bangkok Post on 29 July 2015, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he is confident Thailand’s standing on human trafficking in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report will improve Continue Reading