BANGKOK, July 30 — Thailand's top anti-trafficking cop has vowed to boost training for police nationwide to better respond to a rising number of cases of sexual exploitation and forced labour outside Bangkok. Police lieutenant general Jaruvat Vaisaya, director of the Anti-Human Trafficking Centre...
Thursday, 30 Jul 2020 08:20 AM MYT
Police lieutenant general Jaruvat Vaisaya, director of the Anti-Human Trafficking Centre under the Royal Thai Police, said Thailand had a shortage of officers based outside the capital with expertise in investigating cases of human trafficking. “Officers in general don't know how to handle ... some still can't identify victims,” Jaruvat said. “In the past, we conducted simple training, and mistakes happened.”
The South-east Asian nation has faced criticism in recent years for failing to stop trafficking in its lucrative textile and seafood sectors, as well as the sex trade. It secured 194 trafficking convictions last year, down 17 per cent from 2018. Unlike trafficking, which involves deception or control over another person for the purpose of exploitation, smuggling means entering another country illegally and is considered consensual.
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