Human trafficking: Teen 'madam' aged just 15 arrested for offering under 18s for sex on Instagram

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Daily News Thai Caption:Teen 'madam' arrested

 

The chairman of the anti-human trafficking group Ronnasit Foundation, Ronnasit Phreuksayachiwa and Thai police have arrested a 15 year old girl. 

 

Daily News said that the police have evidence that she offered under 18s for sex on Instagram.

 

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The suspect was taken to the Thanyaburi police station in Pathum Thani after her arrest at a house in that jurisdiction. 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

She must have learned from a family member or had experience already in the business, so sad either way.  Seems that this type of work has become ingrained in society and is done by school girls, boys, college folks trying to pay their way and then ......well it is what it is.

[ezzra]

They're getting younger all the time huh? this business of procuring young girls for prostitution is as old as time and lucrative too that it until you get caught...

Edited March 8, 2022 by ezzra

[Excel]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

She must have learned from a family member or had experience already in the business, so sad either way.  Seems that this type of work has become ingrained in society and is done by school girls, boys, college folks trying to pay their way and then ......well it is what it is.

And the fact that this governments policies have increased poverty then sad as it maybe then desperate people do desperate things sometimes.

[IAMHERE]

Just how do they prove this ?  A good lawyer is going to say it was a scam. Heck, sounds like a school project also. Just some techy girl having a bit of a laugh. Going to be hard to prove she actually sold or rented someone.  I sure hope there aren't pictures.

[sawadee1947]

2 hours ago, Excel said:

And the fact that this governments policies have increased poverty then sad as it maybe then desperate people do desperate things sometimes.

I doubt it.

It's not poverty. It's just earning money in an easy way. Money to buy the latest iPhone or other' necessary" things in young girl's life.

Similar to students at university in Hostess Services.

[BangkokReady]

3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Seems that this type of work has become ingrained in society and is done by school girls, boys, college folks trying to pay their way

Or buy the latest iPhone.  That's where Thai culture really comes into play.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

She must have learned from a family member or had experience already in the business, so sad either way.  Seems that this type of work has become ingrained in society and is done by school girls, boys, college folks trying to pay their way and then ......well it is what it is.

The worlds oldest profession, Thailand is not alone.

[OneMoreFarang]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

They're getting younger all the time huh? this business of procuring young girls for prostitution is as old as time and lucrative too that it until you get caught...

Are they getting younger? Or is there only a higher awareness?

When I arrived in Thailand in the 90th 16 year old girls were not unusual in the farang bars. And I am sure they were not unusual at all in Thai entertainment businesses.

[BangkokReady]

15 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The worlds oldest profession, Thailand is not alone.

But possibly has a higher rate due to various cultural factors coming together.

[OneMoreFarang]

Can anybody please explain when prostitution and pimping is considered to be human trafficking?

 

At least for me human trafficking is something like smuggling humans over borders or something similar.

 

Both crimes should be punished but as far as I see it they are different. 

[hotchilli]

3 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

But possibly has a higher rate due to various cultural factors coming together.

Consistent with some other Asian countries

[Bangkok Barry]

41 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

The worlds oldest profession, Thailand is not alone.

No, but how many times in wherever you came from have you read of 15 year olds offering a prostitute for hire business? And just yesterday there was another case of underage girls being offered for hire. Now, I wonder how Thailand got its worldwide reputation as a land of prostitutes......... 

[Bangkok Barry]

33 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Can anybody please explain when prostitution and pimping is considered to be human trafficking?

 

At least for me human trafficking is something like smuggling humans over borders or something similar.

 

Both crimes should be punished but as far as I see it they are different. 

Human trafficking is the catch phrase of the moment, that's all. Pimping is different, but call something more serious and it makes better headlines and might result in higher sentences.

[OneMoreFarang]

Obviously it is sad when 15 year old girls do this.

I think maybe we/society/politicians/... should think about why they do that.

I guess they want to earn money. So what do they do with the money?

How many of them do it because the mother is sick and in hospital and the little brother has nothing to eat. And how many do it i.e. to buy the newest phone or clothes or whatever teenagers do these days?

 

Maybe it's time to educate those teenagers that having the newest phone and designer clothes is not important. But then, from whom do they learn that? Maybe from their parents or older siblings? Or on TikTok, etc.?

 

I don't have a solution for all this but I find it strange under how much pressure kids (think) they are.

 

 

[Deli]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Obviously it is sad when 15 year old girls do this.

I think maybe we/society/politicians/... should think about why they do that.

I guess they want to earn money. So what do they do with the money?

How many of them do it because the mother is sick and in hospital and the little brother has nothing to eat. And how many do it i.e. to buy the newest phone or clothes or whatever teenagers do these days?

 

Maybe it's time to educate those teenagers that having the newest phone and designer clothes is not important. But then, from whom do they learn that? Maybe from their parents or older siblings? Or on TikTok, etc.?

 

I don't have a solution for all this but I find it strange under how much pressure kids (think) they are.

 

 

Educational system worlwide has failed big time. When I see an obese 8 year old playing vdo games, it makes me sick. 

[BangkokReady]

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Can anybody please explain when prostitution and pimping is considered to be human trafficking?

 

At least for me human trafficking is something like smuggling humans over borders or something similar.

It should be something like across province borders, sure.  Not that this isn't despicable, but I'm one for labelling things accurately and avoiding sensationalism or manipulation.

[MrJ2U]

6 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

I doubt it.

It's not poverty. It's just earning money in an easy way. Money to buy the latest iPhone or other' necessary" things in young girl's life.

Similar to students at university in Hostess Services.

It's very common for teenage girls to have children in villages in Issan.

 

After the boys move on they need money to survive.

 

 

[sawadee1947]

4 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

It's very common for teenage girls to have children in villages in Issan.

 

After the boys move on they need money to survive.

 

 

That is another aspect. Sure

[RandiRona]

She is a victim not perpetrator. Catch the ones around her who enabled this environment. Catching a 15 year old as madam will not make a difference. Enable and create more oppurtunities so that youth may able to find the right path not the easiest one.

[BostonRob2]

6 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Can anybody please explain when prostitution and pimping is considered to be human trafficking?

 

At least for me human trafficking is something like smuggling humans over borders or something similar.

 

Both crimes should be punished but as far as I see it they are different. 

Underage is human trafficking. 

[Yellowtail]

18 hours ago, Excel said:

And the fact that this governments policies have increased poverty then sad as it maybe then desperate people do desperate things sometimes.

Yeah, you can see that in the US now.

[KhunLA]

You go girl.  She should be teaching 'marketing & economics' ... ????

 

Good to start your apprenticeship in criminality while a minor.  

[maxcorrigan]

17 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Can anybody please explain when prostitution and pimping is considered to be human trafficking?

 

At least for me human trafficking is something like smuggling humans over borders or something similar.

 

Both crimes should be punished but as far as I see it they are different. 

Agreed, vastly different just read "Slave Girl" by Sarah Forsyth to bring home true horrors of being trafficked/tricked into prostitution with no way out!

[Yellowtail]

17 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Can anybody please explain when prostitution and pimping is considered to be human trafficking?

It's to make the women sound more like victims in the press. 

[OneMoreFarang]

6 minutes ago, maxcorrigan said:

Agreed, vastly different just read "Slave Girl" by Sarah Forsyth to bring home true horrors of being trafficked/tricked into prostitution with no way out!

I don't have to read that to imagine it must be bad, really bad.

 

I am sure many girls, even the underage girls, know exactly what they are doing. I know at that age they shouldn't do that and they have a limited perception of reality and the consequences.

But if a 15 year old girl is willing to sell herself to make money then I wouldn't call that human trafficking. 

[OneMoreFarang]

2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

It's to make the women sound more like victims in the press. 

Yeah, I know one of those victims (over 20) who was rescued in Korea. After she returned to Thailand she looked for the next opportunity to return to Korea to make more money - until she will be "rescued" again.

[Yellowtail]

25 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I don't have to read that to imagine it must be bad, really bad.

 

I am sure many girls, even the underage girls, know exactly what they are doing. I know at that age they shouldn't do that and they have a limited perception of reality and the consequences.

But if a 15 year old girl is willing to sell herself to make money then I wouldn't call that human trafficking. 

I would not call it human trafficking either, but I would still look at the girls/women as victims. 

[Yellowtail]

25 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Yeah, I know one of those victims (over 20) who was rescued in Korea. After she returned to Thailand she looked for the next opportunity to return to Korea to make more money - until she will be "rescued" again.

The same media/people would claim that companies that build factories in Thailand are 'exploiting" the workers. 

 

To them, if went to Thailand with an organization to give away other people's money and make people more dependent on handouts, you would be a hero. But if you came to Thailand  and built a factory, hired people, taught them skills, paid them and made them less dependent on handouts, they would despise you. 

[Liverpool Lou]

20 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

20 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The worlds oldest profession, Thailand is not alone.

But possibly has a higher rate due to various cultural factors coming together.

You've got something empirical to base that suggestion on, presumably? 

 

What are the "various Thai cultural factors" that you're claiming propagate child prostitution?