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    Chiang Mai activist named anti-trafficking 'hero'
    28 Jun 2017


    Anti-trafficking activist Boom Mosby of Chiang Mai received a 'Hero's Award' from Ivanka Trump and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (second right) at the presentation of the annual US State Department report on Trafficking in Persons.

    (Reuters photo)

    WASHINGTON - A major bright spot for Thailand at Tuesday's presentation of a new report on human trafficking was the naming of Chiang Mai activist Boom Mosby as a "TIP Report Hero" in the publication

    Ms Boom is a low-profile worker against child- and sex-trafficking in the North.

    "The founder and director of the HUG Project is a passionate advocate for child victims of sexual abuse in Thailand and has been instrumental in the advancement of a victim-centered approach in Thai anti-trafficking efforts," the US report said.

    Her Advocacy Centre for Children Thailand (ACT House) has supported more than 81 investigations and is credited with the arrest of more than 20 people connected to human trafficking.

    Ms Boom's centre was the first of its kind in Asia.

    In 2016, she joined the Thailand Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and has been instrumental in developing investigation techniques to spot and root out would-be trafficking via the internet.

    According to the TIP report, "As the use of the internet to facilitate child trafficking grows, Ms Mosby is battling technology with technology by implementing IT forensics and other systematic strategies."

    The report named 8 people as heroes, including Ms Boom, Alika Kinan, Argentina; Leonardo Sakamoto, Brazil; Vanaja Jasphine, Cameroon; Viktoria Sebhelyi, Hungary; Amina Oufroukhi, Morocco; Mahesh Bhagwat, India, and Allison Lee, Taiwan.

    bangkokpost.com
    http://thailandchatter.com/showthrea...ll=1#post45112

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      Corruption continues to undermine anti-trafficking efforts.

      Reports persist that some government officials are directly complicit in trafficking crimes, including through accepting bribes from business owners and brothels where victims are exploited.

      Migrant workers, especially those who are undocumented, are fearful of reporting trafficking crimes and cooperating with authorities due to lack of awareness of their rights and minimal protections both in Thailand and in countries of origin and a general fear of authority that may stem from their country of origin or their experience in Thailand.

      Some government officials reportedly profit from bribes and direct involvement in the extortion of migrants and their sale to brokers.

      Some of these migrants are kidnapped and held for ransom, which increases their vulnerability to sexual servitude, forced labor, or debt bondage.

      Credible reports indicate some corrupt officials protect brothels and other commercial sex venues from raids and inspections and collude with traffickers.

      Thailand - full report: https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/271345.pdf
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