TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
REPORT 2015
The Royal Thai Government’s Response
January 1 – December 31, 2015
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Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations………………………………………………………… 5
Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………… 8
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………... 16
Policy………………………………………………………………………………………………. 19
Objective 1: To eliminate any legal loopholes……………………… 19
Objective 2: To address official complicity and corruption…. 32
Objective 3: To expedite the adjudication of human trafficking
cases…………………………………………………………………. 35
Objective 4: To significantly increase the effectiveness of
all frontline operations in order to produce
concrete and, where possible, measurable
outcomes…………………………………………………………. 37
Objective 5: To significantly reduce the vulnerability of
migrant workers – both inland and at sea –
and other groups, such as stateless persons,
ethnic minorities and highland people,
to human trafficking………………………………………… 47
Objective 6: To work more proactively and closely across
agencies to address child exploitation…………… 53
Prosecution……………………………………………………………………………………… 56
1. Adopting Intelligence-led Response…..……………………………. 56
2. TIP Criminal Justice Process……………………………………………… 58
3. Victim Witness Protection……………………….………………………… 63
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4. Government Official Complicity: Corrective Action………. 64
5. Cooperation ……………………………………………………………………… 66
6. Prominent cases………………………………………………………………… 71
7. Phuket Wan Criminal Defamation Case……………………………. 81
Protection………………………………………………………………………………………. 83
1. Victim Identification System……………………………………………… 83
2. Interpreters………………………………………………………………………… 84
3. Hotline 1300………………………………………………………………………. 85
4. Providing care and assistance at 8 main government-run
shelters…………………………………………………………………………….. 85
5. Quality of services at Government-run shelters…………….. 88
6. Continuing to provide assistance to Thai victims of
trafficking abroad……………………………………………………….. 91
7. Remedy and compensation………………………………………………… 92
8. Repatriation of foreign victims…………………………………………. 93
9. Providing Reintegration assistance/ grant…..…………………… 94
10. Cooperation……………………………………………………………………. 95
Prevention……………………………………………………………………………………… 98
1. To reduce vulnerabilities of migrant workers to trafficking 98
2. Significant measures taken to reduce vulnerabilities of
risk groups especially children and women…………..………… 122
3. Integrated efforts to eradicate the issue of beggars………… 129
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4. Granting Thai Citizenship to Members of Ethnic Minorities,
Stateless Persons and Highland People…………..………………. 130
Partnership.……………………………………………………………………………………. 131
1. Public-Private-Civil Society Partnership (PPCP)………………. 131
2. Partnership to Address Maritime Irregular Migration………… 134
3. Bali Process………………………………………………………………………… 135
4. ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children (ACTIP)……………………………
136
Table of Comparison: Key Progress in pre 2015 and in 2015…... 137
Annex………………………………………………………………………………………………. 152
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAPTIP Australia-Asia Programme to Combat Trafficking in Persons
ACTIP ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons,
Especially Women and Children
AFP Australian Federal Police
AHTD Anti-Human Trafficking Division
AMLO Anti-Money Laundering Office
APA ASEAN Plan of Action
ARTIP Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project
ATPD Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division
BCATIP Border Cooperation on Anti-Trafficking in Persons
CCCIF Command Center for Combating Illegal Fishing
CMM Case Management Meeting
CMP Committee Coordinating and Monitoring on Anti-Trafficking in Persons
Performance Committee
COJ Courts of Justice
CSOs Civil Society Organizations
DAHTJP, CNP Department of Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile
Protection of Cambodia National Police
DATIP Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons
DLPW Department of Labour Protection and Welfare
DSI Department of Special Investigation
EJF Environmental Justice Foundation
FBI United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation
FOSS Fishing One Stop Service
GLP Good Labour Practices
GPA United Nations Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in
Persons
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HSI Homeland Security Investigation
ICAC Internet Crime against Children Center
ICE Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICMPD International Center for Migration Policy Development
ILEA International Law Enforcement Academy
ILO International Labor Organization
ILP Intelligence-Led Policing
ILR Intelligence-Led Response
IO Information Operation
IOM International Organization for Migration
IUU Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated
LE/CJ Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
LPN Labor Rights Promotion Network Foundation
MCTD Marine Catch Transshipment Document
MCPD Marine Catch Purchasing Document
MDT Multi-disciplinary Team
MOI Ministry of Interior
MOJ Ministry of Justice
MOL Ministry of Labour
MOPH Ministry of Public Health
MOT Ministry of Tourism and Sports
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MPF Myanmar Police Force
MSDHS Ministry of Social Developm