PATTAYA police arrested two Indian men who had lured their countrywomen to work at a restaurant but upon arrival threatened and blackmailed them into prostitution, TV Channel 7 said today (Feb. 28). This case stemmed from a complaint filed by three Indian women on Feb. 18 that the suspects had contacted them via Instagram
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Mum of young Thai girl sex trafficked in Japan arrested in Taiwan
THE biological mother of a 12-year-old Thai girl abandoned at a massage parlour in Tokyo, Japan, for prostitution has been detained in Taiwan in a separate prostitution-related case, Naewna newspaper quoted foreign media as saying this evening (Nov. 8). In September this year this young girl filed a complaint at the Japanese Immigration Bureau
Read moreDSI chasing mother, others for sex trafficking young girl in Japan
THE Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is coordinating with Japanese authorities, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and NGOs in tracking down the biological mother of a 12-year-old Thai girl who was tricked into prostitution in Japan as well as members of a transnational human trafficking ring who were involved, Naewna newspaper said
Read moreJapanese man held for forcing 12-year-old Thai girl into sex work
A JAPANESE man who runs a massage parlour in Tokyo was arrested on charges of luring 12-year-old Thai girl into prostitution with the girl’s biological mother having left her there for sex work, Naewna newspaper quoted Japanese media as saying today (Nov. 7). The girl arrived in Japan with her mother late June on
Read more13 foreign women deported for prostitution in Pattaya
THIRTEEN foreign women from Uzbekistan and Uganda were arrested on charges of blatant and aggressive prostitution in Pattaya with all of them blacklisted and deported, TV Channel 7 said today (May 9). Pol. Lt. Gen. Phanumas Boonnalak, head of the Immigration Bureau, and his team announced that these 13 women, seven from Uzbekistan and
Read more84 Thai women now entrapped in Shan State
By Thai Newsroom Reporters EIGHTY-FOUR THAI WOMEN are currently entrapped in Myanmar’s Shan State where they had been earlier tempted by call-centre scams and flesh trade rackets, according to Paveena Hongsakul Foundation. The 84 Thai women reportedly detained by Myanmar authorities in Shan State include 62 females who had been lured into call-centre scams
Read moreUpdate: Ex-senator charged with sexually abusing 15-year-old Thai/Myanmar girl
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A FORMER SENATOR of Saraburi has been charged for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl who had been allegedly forced by her own mother into the flesh trade, police said today (Sep.14). The former senator, namely Boonsong Kerdlum, 58, who had unsuccessfully contested last May’s election for MP of Saraburi under
Read moreEx-senator-politician surrenders in underage prostitution case
A FORMER senator who is now a well-known politician showed up at Ban Mo police station in Saraburi late last night to surrender over charges of buying sex services from an underage girl but denied the accusation, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Sep. 14). Pol. Maj. Gen. Wichit Bunchinwuthikul, Saraburi provincial police chief, said
Read moreMae Sai district chief transferred over sex trafficking of teen girls
IMMEDIATELY transferred today (July 7) were the chief and deputy chief of Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district after raids of two karaoke lounges on the Thai-Myanmar border found girls younger than 18 years of age serving customers with this being illegal sex trafficking of minors, MNG Online said. Mr. Manrat Rattanasukhon, director-general of Interior
Read moreDraft prostitution law to set voluntary service at minimum 20 years
A COMMITTEE drafting a new law governing prostitution has agreed that voluntary sexual service without any criminal penalties should be allowed from 20 years of age, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Mar. 3). Ms. Jintana Chanbamroong, head of the Department of Women’s Affairs and Family Development at Social Development and Human Security Ministry, said
Read morePattaya police station head transferred after Kyrgyz woman’s death
IMMIDIATELY transferred to the National Police headquarters in Bangkok today (Sept. 18) was the superintendent of Pattaya City police station after two cases of human trafficking and prostitution emerged at the seaside city with one leading to a Kyrgyz woman falling from the seventh floor of a hotel, Matichon newspaper. Pol. Col. Kulachat Kulchai,
Read moreLegalisation of prostitution gathers momentum
More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for prostitution to be decriminalized in the Kingdom of Thailand. Empower Foundation, an NGO that supports sex workers, said it aims to present the petition to parliament to help persuade lawmakers to consider changing the country’s prostitution law. “The law punishes sex workers – 80% of
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