Female human trafficker from Uzbekistan arrested in Thailand
It is not often read, but a woman has been arrested in Thailand, who lured women to Thailand with the promise of a well-paid job. This 41-year-old woman from Uzbekistan promised women from her country work in Thailand, but ended up in forced prostitution there.
Minors children in the hands of human traffickers
Recently a posting appeared on Thailandblog about orphaned children (21 percent) in Thailand, who are being cared for by their grandparents. Another problem is human traffickers who visit rural villages to recruit children, who usually end up in prostitution.
After the discovery of several mass graves in the south of Thailand, several mass graves have now also been found in Malaysia, presumably containing the bodies of victims of human trafficking. Human traffickers smuggle migrants, mostly hunted Rohingya Muslims, from Burma to Thailand and Malaysia.
Slaves rescued from Thai fishing boats
Eleven Burmese migrants have been rescued from fishing boats from Thailand. The Burmese were forced to work for the Thai fishermen.
A sex slavery network has been broken up with the arrest of a Buddhist monk in Thailand. Nine young boys were rescued from the hands of the traders. The police showed images of several counterfeit pistols in the possession of the monk. According to a spokesman, the monk and another Thai man bought the boys, held them captive and forced them to have sex with Westerners. The leader of the network was sentenced to …
Prison sentence for exploiting Thai women
On Friday 17 December, four suspects were convicted of forced prostitution of Thai women. In 2007, the Prostitution and Human Trafficking Control Team of the Rotterdam-Rijnmond police arrested these suspects. One of the suspects was sentenced to five years in prison. The investigation started on October 5, 2006. During an inspection by the 'property intervention team', a 28-year-old woman was found in a home in South Rotterdam, which was equipped for giving Thai massages, who had almost no …