Burmese nationals are increasingly vulnerable to human trafficking crimes in Thailand. Ongoing civil unrest, conflict, economic hardship, and the anticipated enforcement of Burma’s conscription law increased the number of civilians migrating to Thailand.

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.

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.

Traffickers subject Thai nationals to forced labor and sex trafficking in countries in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Thai women and LGBTQI+ individuals are exploited in Switzerland in sex trafficking. Thai citizens who travel to Norway for family reunification are at risk of sex and labor trafficking.

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.

Jun 16, 2023 · The ultimate goals are to eradicate all forms of human trafficking as well as protect and prevent Thai citizens and foreign nationals in the country from falling victims to human trafficking, in line with the principles of human rights and humanitarianism to which Thailand has always adhered.

Human trafficking in Thailand is generally committed for three purposes: for sexual exploitation, for forced labour/services and slavery or practices like slavery, and for exploitation through begging.8 Human trafficking for the purposes of forced labour, especially in the context of irregular migration of people from Myanmar or other neighbouri...

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.

Sex trafficking in Thailand is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery that occurs in the Kingdom of Thailand.Thailand is a country of origin, destination, and transit for sex trafficking. [1] Sexual exploitation of children is a problem, close to 40,000 children under the age of 16 are believed to be in the sex trade, working in clubs, bars, and brothels.

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.