The report also contains details of punishments meted out against human trafficking offenders who are civil servants, details of help and rehabilitation for victims of human trafficking as well as progress checks on legal proceedings under way in human trafficking cases, he said. The sleaze and crime surrounding the raid on this massage parlour earlier this month put a huge dent in the government's claim of success against human trafficking. Prevention, prosecutionPuttipat Lertchaowasit, permanent secretary of social development and human security, said the US focus on tackling human trafficking includess protection, prevention and prosecution. There are currently eight shelters for the protection of the victims of human trafficking: four for men and four for women, he said. The courts handed harsh punishments to government officials involved in human trafficking; 16 of them were jailed by the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission.

Source: Bangkok Post January 22, 2018 05:03 UTC