Month: September 2015

BANGKOK, 29 September 2015 (NNT)-The Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) has seized assets worth nearly 60 million baht from human trafficking perpetrators in Satun province. According to the AMLO, most of Continue Reading

Another court in southern Thailand issued 50 more arrest warrants last week at the request of police for suspected members of a syndicate involved in human trafficking, as police said Continue Reading

Thai PBS on 26 September 2015, The Royal Thai Police will soon introduce the biometric technology at immigration checkpoints across the country to help officials screen criminals and people who Continue Reading

Khaosod English on 21 September 2015, BANGKOK — A court yesterday approved arrest warrants for four officers – three from the army and one naval officer – in connection with Continue Reading

A court in southern Thailand took the bold step of issuing arrest warrants this week for four military officers on human trafficking charges related to the smuggling of Rohingya migrants Continue Reading

Thailand has already achieved compliance with 80 percent of the measures recommended by the European Union (EU) to eliminate illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, according to the director-general of Continue Reading

BANGKOK, 18 September 2015 (NNT) – The government is intensifying countermeasures on human trafficking and illegal fishing practices, warning that involved government officials will be prosecuted, the Deputy PM says. Continue Reading

BANGKOK, Sept 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mario, a young photographer, is onto a big story – human trafficking in Thailand’s fishing industry – but soon finds himself drawn into Continue Reading

Thailand has taken actions on more than 80 per cent of the items required to ensure compliance to the European Union (EU) regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), Continue Reading

Thailand’s Minister of the Interior Anupong Paochinda detailed last week the broad array of actions to fight human trafficking taken under his ministry’s supervision of law enforcement and local government, Continue Reading