Human Trafficking in Thailand
Thailand is located in Southeast Asia, surrounded by numerous of bodies of water, such as the Andaman Sea, and the Gulf of Thailand. According to the C.I.A website, which is a United States government website that offers information about different countries and monitors their activities, Thailand’s government was a constitutional monarchy from 1932 to 2005. Thailand experienced intense government turmoil due to a military coup and several large scale political street protests from 2008 to 2010 (C.I.A). As a result of the unrest among the citizens, it caused corruption from the government, which meant that often times human trafficking is overlooked to not only promote the increase of economy, but also increase the workforces in the country(C.I.A). Reported by The Global Slavery Index, which is a global organization that conducts research and surveys in various countries, it shows that, “425,500 people or 0.63% of the total population live in conditions of modern slavery in Thailand.” This creates different national issues such as a human rights violation and also social issues such as communities being torn apart due to separation of families, but there are different solutions out there that are easing the challenges of human trafficking. As a nation, Thailand’s economy has been gradually increasing; however, it still faces large national debt and high unemployment rate overall (C.I.A). This leads to the government trying to find
After a decade of sustained growth, the current situation in Thailand is one of unprecedented economic turmoil. The countries exports have halted, foreign investors have become hesitant with their money due to the account deficit, the stock market plummeted, and big loans made by banks have caused a large accumulation of debt. Typical causes of an economic crisis, such as: high debt, large current account deficit, deregulation of the banking industry without proper controls in place, and a semi-fixed exchange rate are all at the forefront of the nation’s current economic state.
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The two articles that I chose to explore are U.S Closing a Loophole on Products Tied to Slaves from, The New York Times, and Human trafficking survivor: ‘We need jobs, not pity’, from CNN.com. The article titled U.S Closing a Loophole on Products Tied to Slaves from, is about forced labor on Thai boats. Cambodian migrants, which included children that are enslaved and made to catch fish, which is then turned into pet food and sold to Americans. A man by the name of Lang Long was found shackled by the neck during his three years of captivity at sea. The problem is about 90 percent of seafood for humans and pet consumption in the United States is imported, so these sort of ships still exists in Thailand. President Obama will sign legislation
The Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW) , is based out of Thailand. In 2003, Thailand enforced a law which focused on child sexual labor, and created an anti-corruption team to investigate reports of government officials involved in human trafficking . However, these laws did not clearly define what trafficking was or the appropriate punishment for the rimes committed. More recently however, the Thai government passed its anti-trafficking law, the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act , which was enforced in 2007. What this law entails which previous legislation did not have was the, public recognition of sexual slavery, and the inclusion of male victims. In addition the penalties for infringing upon this law is much harsher than ever
In a small village consumed by poverty a man in a business suit shows up. He goes from family to family offering to buy children for a year’s worth of pay. He gets to one family with a young girl whose father sells her to feed his addiction for heroine. Scared and confused the girl is now forced into a brothel, sexually pleasing more than 20 men a day. Nearly five years later she is rescued only to lose her life to AIDS from unprotected sex. The human trafficking industry in Thailand has long been overlooked both internally and externally. Corruption, greed, foreign relations, economic pressure, and overall demand have fueled the trafficking industry in Thailand. Until the world and the Thai government make serious changes to the way they
To begin, ever since the first human civilizations formed, sex slavery has existed. Sex trafficking is today’s form of sex slavery. Slavery has existed in a variety of ways in the world. The first developed civilizations of the human race such as the Mesopotamians and Egyptians accepted sex slavery. For example, sex slaves known as Harlots were prostitutes for royal families (Geis 2). However, many Enlightenment philosophers of the 18th and 19th century developed human rights that changed the acceptance of slavery. Many laws were made to abolish all forms of slavery globally. Eventually, when slavery was abolished, human trafficking formed. The many forms of human trafficking developed because of many reasons such as globalization and poverty. Developing nations contain the most cases of human trafficking (Masci 13). For instance, in 2005, Cambodia witnessed the lowest estimated statistic of 40,000 to 50,000 sex slaves and prostitutes (Mam 3). Cambodia is a developing nation. As globalization occurs and the world develops, many people fall into poverty and desperately need money to survive. Today, there are many forms of human trafficking such as domestic servitude, bonded labor, child labor, organ
It needs to be dealt with using criminal powers to investigate and prosecute offenders for trafficking and any other criminal activities in which they are involved. There are various organizations that are working to combat human trafficking. There is the International Labor Organization/ Mekong Sub-Regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women. The project has an office in Thailand. Also, the project works with different bodies of government, The Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. There is the International Organization for Migration which takes a multi-pronged approach to prevent trafficking mainly in the countries of origin and support the victims. Finally, there is the Global Rights Organization which is a human rights advocacy group. The group partners with local activists to promote women’s human rights and combat discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity (Fisanick 180-183). Trafficked persons should be seen as victims of
Caitlin Huber, in her blog, claims that “globally, human trafficking, or modern slavery, generates about US $ 32 billion a year, making it the third-largest criminal activity in the world after drug and arms trafficking” . Human trafficking can be the result of a wide variety of factors depending on the nations, region, type of trafficking and other cultural and social factors. However, there are some specific traits that are found with trafficking in general, even across distant far off regions. These include violence, poverty, oppression, low standard of living, civil unrest, internal conflicts or war, suppression of human rights, and a general lack of opportunity for better jobs and life. The most vulnerable to trafficking are those
Human trafficking has been a controversial issue for many years. There are different types of trafficking, which helps makes it a widely diverse issue. In Thailand, traffickers rely on the poor desperate people of other countries as well as their own to fulfill their needs financially, physically, and emotionally. Thailand has various reasons why they use human trafficking; sex exploitation, forced labor, and obtaining their organs for an organ transplant. Sex exploitation has been used by mainly men for a long time. They choose both women and children to violate, sometimes even men. The prettier the woman is the more she is worth. All men, woman, and children could be forced into labor. This varies from what the owner wants from them. People can also choose to go and work for them because they think this is their only way of making money, but they usually do not see much of it. Finally, others purchase them just for their organs. There are very long waiting lists on some organs, by the time one comes about the person in need of the organ has already passed away. There are a number of steps and reasons that are involved in human trafficking. With all of these issues of; sex exploitations, and forced labor, and organ trafficking, the trafficked can become physically and mentally injured.
Human trafficking is the trade of humans by force, mainly women and female children, for the purposes of sexual slavery, sexual exploitation, and domestic labor. Global human trafficking has often been labeled as modern- day slavery; however the history and causes have been identifiable just as the causes of traditional slavery have been. What causes human trafficking? In this present paper, the hypotheses on the primary causes of global human trafficking will be identified. There are three major themes that cause human trafficking: a nation’s economy, political and legal factors, and social factors that enable the continuance of human trafficking. According to previous research indications of historical influence and social hierarchy have the greatest impact on the causes of human trafficking; these topics will further be elaborated upon during the discussions of political influences and social factors that impact human trafficking.
How is it that equality is constant, but unreachable? Why is it that safety is comfort, but it’s constantly changing? Throughout all walks of life, there still resides the issue of human trafficking. Sex trafficking doesn’t just impact the victim; it is an issue that deprives everyone effected of their humanity. Beyond their rights being taken away, victims still remain dubious and vulnerable. Insecurities suddenly become evidence against victims in their own court cases; even after finding a way to liberate themselves, they are still blamed. Male or female, adult or child, is it really all their fault for falling into the arms of deceitful trafficking rings?
We live in a world where millions of people are sold into human trafficking for the purpose of exploitation. Millions of lives are destroyed every year by smugglers trying to make a profit out human being. According to the U.S. Department of States, an estimated 20.9 million men, women and children are trafficked for commercial sex or forced labor around the world. Human trafficking relinquish people’s freedom and makes them susceptible to modern slavery.
Human trafficking is tied to income disparity and poverty. It is also the modern day equivalent of slavery. Studies and statistics from around the world prove that this is largely localized to the developing world. Human trafficking is a major crime that affects the most vulnerable people of society around the world today. Promoting the safety and well being of victims must be a major concern for all of the law enforcement all over the world today.
The effect human trafficking has on world today. Human trafficking is victims have been the most disrespect and terrified people in the world. They are sold to slavery either for sex or labor services. The sad part about human trafficking happens right under our noises. I think in some cases of the Unite States some of larger companies that are outsourcing human trafficking in order to keep their business standards by keeping customers happy. Most underage girls from ages 12-18 are used for human trafficking. Some of those girls are runways, or drug addictive and kidnapping from their parent. Human trafficking is the most profitable slavery around the world. Most of majority of human trafficking victims are very vulnerable such as, selling of small children, young underage women and sometimes elderly adults. I really think if someone who condemns this kind of brutal act toward anyone should be sent straight to electric chamber to die. Human trafficking victims has been caught and sold to higher bid for sex or slavery. Human trafficking most target the poor, and disaster area was people lives.in June of 2014, there a new law called JCMST in which it were stated bring down the danger of human trafficking of any kind .also, human trafficking has become a way for child mobilization , and teenage marriage is forced through
Forced labor in Asia has generated immense amounts of money for major corporations, directly in relation to limited government relation and low wages. In 2013, Thailand’s seafood industry generated 7.8 billion dollars, and Thai seafood headed for Europe was worth 717 million dollars. An hike in demand in the Thai seafood market has led to an increase in competition for fish, and then leads to faster production. Few people in Thailand were willing to work long hours for very little, so slave and forced labor ensued. Thailand does have laws to prevent slave labors, such as the Thai Anti-Trafficking in persons act of 2008 and Labor Protection Act of 1998 that were intended to stop human trafficking and give fair labor rights. Even with these rules, forced labor practices still occur (DiStasio). With hopes to stop Thai