Thailand
US blasts Russia, Thailand in human trafficking report
US accuses Russia, Thailand, Iran and Libya of insufficient action against human trafficking, in a damning report on a global scourge which the State Department decried as "modern slavery."
27 July 2015, 14:48 PM
Thailand indicts 72 people over human trafficking
Thai prosecutors have indicted 72 people, including politicians and an army general, over the trafficking of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
24 July 2015, 10:40 AM
A discovery of unique hornbill migration behavior
A discovery of unique hornbill migration behavior
17 July 2015, 05:22 AM
25 more trafficking victims return from Indonesia
Twenty five more Bangladeshi human trafficking victims have returned home from Indonesia, four months after they were rescued from the Andaman Sea.
13 July 2015, 11:34 AM
557 turtles seized at Dhaka airport
Customs officials seized nearly 1,000 turtles at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka today.
12 July 2015, 07:11 AM
US upgrades Malaysia in annual human trafficking report
The US is upgrading Malaysia from lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centres, a move that could smooth way for an ambitious US-led free-trade deal with the Southeast Asian nation and 11 other countries.
9 July 2015, 02:37 AM
Asean launches fund to host trafficking victims
Southeast Asian countries launch a fund to share the cost of hosting human trafficking victims, after a regional migrant crisis saw victims ping-ponged between countries reluctant to accept them.
2 July 2015, 15:18 PM
41 Bangladeshi trafficking victims return from Thailand today
Forty one Bangladeshi trafficking victims will return home from Thailand today. A Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight carrying them will land at Dhaka airport at 7:30pm.
24 June 2015, 04:42 AM
7 ‘wanted’ traffickers arrested in Teknaf
Seven “wanted” traffickers are arrested from Cox’s Bazar as police continue to crack down on the criminals behind human trafficking.
16 June 2015, 05:59 AM
47 trafficking victims return from Thailand
A total of 47 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Thai authorities last year from Andaman Sea, reach Dhaka.
15 June 2015, 12:03 PM
Deadly dish: the dinner that can give you cancer
A local delicacy in north-east Thailand, made from raw fish, has been found to be behind a high incidence of liver cancer in the area, and doctors are trying to educate people about the risk.
14 June 2015, 05:59 AM
Beauty belies dark trade
The dense mangrove forest on both sides of the road to the Bang Ben bay through Laem Son National Park is indeed intriguing.
13 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Thai army suspends top officer Manas for suspected trafficking link
Human trafficking suspect Lt General Manas Khongpaen is suspended from military service, Army Commander General Udomdej Sitabutr says.
11 June 2015, 13:02 PM
Women trafficking victims are sexually abused all the way
Afia (not her real name) was not accompanied by any of her family members, but she showed no signs of jitters. While many in the vessel turned pale in panic due to want of food and water in the perilous sea, the beautiful young girl held her nerves.
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Trafficking suspect reveals ‘police bribes’
Arrested trafficker in Myanmar accuses local police and defence volunteers of Thailand’s western Kanchanaburi province of taking bribes to facilitate his illegal trade
9 June 2015, 15:02 PM
No escape for officials in trafficking probe: Thai PM
Thailand's junta leader says government officials involved in human trafficking would not be spared, vows to "eradicate" the industry.
5 June 2015, 14:38 PM
Trafficking: Thai army officer faces 13 charges, denied bail
Thai army officer faces 13 charges over his alleged role as the ringleader of a major trafficking operation in southern Thailand of the Rohingya and other migrants while a court rejected his bail plea.
4 June 2015, 12:53 PM
Trafficking: Top Thai army officer surrenders
A top army officer of Thailand, Lt General Manas Khongpaen, turns himself in days after a Thai provincial court allowed police to arrest him over his alleged involvement in trafficking of Rohingyas and other boatpeople, The Guardian reports.
3 June 2015, 06:51 AM
‘Wanted trafficker’ arrested in Cox’s Bazar
Police arrest a wanted human trafficker who is also a Union Parishad member in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila.
3 June 2015, 05:07 AM
Rocky road to normalcy for trafficking victims
Duong was 18 and looking forward to seeing a new place and meeting new people when she set out with her aunt Mai and Mai’s boyfriend Lap to see his parents in Vinh Phuc Province. For a Dao minority girl from the rural district of Yen Binh in Yen Bai Province, it was like traveling into another country, and she was excited.
2 June 2015, 08:55 AM