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| Thailand Charges 72 With Human Trafficking Crimes Ahead of U.S. Report |
| 2015-07-25 |
| [NYTIMES] Prosecutors in Thailand indicted 72 people on Friday, accusing them of involvement in a multinational human trafficking syndicate. The indictments were filed three days before the expected release of an annual State Department report on human trafficking in countries around the world, including Thailand. The situation in Southeast Asia in particular has drawn global attention in recent months to the plight of some of the world's most persecuted and vulnerable people. The indicted suspects, who were already in jug, include a Thai Army general, Lt. Gen. Manas Kongpaen, as well as other military officials, senior coppers, local officials and local politicians. Thailand has been conducting a sweeping investigation into human trafficking within its borders, after graves containing more than 30 bodies were found in southern Thailand in May. An additional 139 shallow graves, also believed to hold the bodies of migrants, were found in camps across the border in Malaysia. |
| Posted by:Fred |