Authorities identified 105 migrant labor trafficking victims exploited in Thailand in 2023, including at least one exploited in the fishing industry, compared with 92 migrant labor trafficking victims identified in 2022.

Significant illegal migration to Thailand presents traffickers with opportunities to coerce or defraud undocumented migrants into involuntary servitude or sexual exploitation. Police who investigated reaching high-profile authorities also received death threats in 2015.

According to the Global Slavery Index, Thailand is home to about 610,000 human trafficking victims. For more than two and a half decades, the labour migration to Thailand has continued to increase and it seems unlikely that it will change in the coming years.

As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Thailand, and traffickers exploit Thai victims abroad. Labor and sex traffickers exploit women, men, LGBTQI+ individuals, and children from Thailand, other Southeast Asian countries, Sri Lanka, Russia, Uzbekistan, and some African countries in Thailand.

Jun 25, 2024 · Government agencies across all sectors in Thailand are steadfastly and continuously engaged in combating human trafficking to protect and safeguard both Thai citizens and foreigners residing in Thailand, in line with human rights principles.

As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Thailand, and traffickers exploit Thai victims abroad. Labor and sex traffickers exploit women, men, LGBTQI+ individuals, and children from Thailand, other Southeast Asian countries, Sri Lanka, Russia, Uzbekistan, and some African countries in Thailand.

Jan 20, 2009 · Thailand is a source, destination, and transit country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Thai victims of trafficking and some of the estimated three to four million migrant workers in Thailand are …

The present study tackles the challenge of human trafficking in Thailand from an emic perspective so as to avoid the ethnocentrism that is so prevalent in the literature dealing with human rights.

Combatting trafficking in persons continued to be among the Royal Thai Government’s top priorities and national agenda. The Report features Thailand’s efforts and key developments in combatting human trafficking along the four strategic pillars: Prosecution, Protection, Prevention, and Partnership.

Jun 20, 2014 · For four years the U.S. State Department has warned Thailand that it hasn’t been doing enough to combat human trafficking. It said the country was a source, transit point and destination for...