Month: July 2015

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

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

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

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

Thailand’s government said it disagrees with the findings of this year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report released by the United States Department of State this week, as anti-trafficking civil society Continue Reading

The Royal Thai Navy made its first seizure of a Thai trawler fishing illegally in restricted areas last week as the Prime Minister once again refused to roll back new Continue Reading

By Thanyarat Doksone for The Associated Press on 24 July 2015, BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's state prosecutors recommended charges against more than 100 people, including a Thai army general, in Continue Reading

BANGKOK, 22 July 2015 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha says his government will carry on with its crackdown on human trafficking, regardless of how the U.S. rates the Continue Reading

The Government has taken urgent action to tackle problems in the fishing industry and to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in order to ensure the management of fishery Continue Reading