Thailand prosecuted only 36 clients of sex trafficking involving children between and , even though the report found that minors comprise a majority of victims of sex trafficking. In addition to women and children from Thailand and neighboring countries, the report notes that women from far flung regions such as Africa are also trafficked through Thailand. Similarly, trafficked Thais are ferried to destinations as far away as Japan and Europe.
In , the Department of Special Investigation disrupted two transnational trafficking rings. One involved a network from Uganda operating in Bangkok and Pattaya. The other ring originated in Morocco. Two Moroccan women were rescued along with 30 Burmese, Vietnamese and Syrian women. Some Thais are not victims but perpetrators of trafficking. Between and , the Japanese government convicted 12 foreign nationals of human trafficking, of which five were Thais.
During the same period, Japan identified 20 Thai trafficking victims. A crackdown in Germany in similarly identified both Thai victims and perpetrators in sex trafficking rings. Khaosod English. All Calamity Courts Crime.
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