Women detained in Loei raid, human trafficking suspected

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Women detained in Loei raid, human trafficking suspected

By The Nation

 

 

Ten Lao women working at a restaurant in Loei province were rounded up in a raid on Thursday night, following a tip-off of alleged prostitution and human trafficking.

 

Ronnarong Thipsiri, head of the Department of Provincial Administration's investigation and suppression division, led his special operation team plus Loei and Chiang Khan officials and Justice Ministry's Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officers to the 9pm raid on the restaurant namely "Ya Idcha" (“Don't envy”) in Moo 6, Tambon Chiang Khan. 

 

They say the restaurant employed the women to sell sex services on the premises, a compound that also included hotel rooms. 

 

Ronnarong said officials would file the following charges against the restaurant's owner: procuring women for prostitution, running a business establishment without a registrar's permission, operating a hotel business without permission and illegal possession of a firearm. 

 

Officials took the 10 women for further questioning to establish if any of them were the victims of human trafficking - either underage or subjected to forced prostitution. If this were proven, they would be provided with special help and an additional charge of human trafficking would be filed against the restaurant owner. 

 

This raid has convinced the authorities that there might be a criminal network supplying Lao women for prostitution in Thailand and that this network might involve Thai state officials.

 

Officials have therefore pledged to investigate further and if this turned out to be a trans-national crime organisation as suspected, the DSI would take over the case with a view to taking further action.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30366288

 

 

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[Artisi]

Might be a criminal network and Thai officials involved - no never, couldn't be possible, very unlikely - just more fake news.... 

Edited March 22, 2019 by Artisi

[hotchilli]

16 hours ago, Artisi said:

Might be a criminal network and Thai officials involved - no never, couldn't be possible, very unlikely - just more fake news.... 

Exactly, how can Thai officials be involved in something that we're repeatedly told does not exist in Thailand

[Nyezhov]

You see the way some of these pretty and quite sweet girls live and you realize why you cant get rid of them sometime.

 

And even the hardened harridans love their AC