Govt targets return to Tier 2 trafficking list

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has ordered state agencies to speed up solving human trafficking problems in the country in the hope Thailand will be reinstated as a Tier 2 nation in 2022.

Thailand was demoted from Tier 2 to Tier 2 Watchlist in 2021’s Trafficking in Persons Report.

Pol Gen Thammasak Witcharaya, deputy secretary-general of the Prime Minister who oversees political affairs, said on Saturday Gen Prawit, chairman of the national committee on prevention and suppression of human trafficking, has ordered state agencies to speed up tackling human trafficking, including child trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Keep reading…

Bangkok Post Reporter