Thai Embassy meets SkyTruth and Oceana to discuss cooperation to fight IUU fishing
On 14 December 2015, Ambassador Pisan Manawapat, along with Captain Suvin Jangyodsuk, RTN, Naval Attaché, Dr. Adisorn Promthep, Minister (Agriculture), and embassy staff, met with SkyTruth and Oceana to discuss Continue Reading
Government setting up fishing traceability system
The Thai government, responding to concerns over illegal fishing and human trafficking, has begun setting up a system to trace the catches of Thai and foreign fishing vessels that use Continue Reading
Thailand response to the AP report
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Leading Thai newspaper says anti-trafficking gains are real
Thailand’s leading English-language daily newspaper published an editorial last week insisting that the government “has made real achievements against the slave trade” and that the “difference in a year [has Continue Reading
At regional forum Thailand takes leadership on anti-trafficking
Thailand continued to take a new and strong leadership role in the region in the fight against human trafficking by organizing and hosting a second international conference on the issue Continue Reading
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