Xiaojun Salamana, a professor of medical ethics, who recently spoke about the issue in Thailand.

“It may have been an opportunity for an important conversation, but this was not a forum at which our two countries could have developed cooperation,” he said. “It seemed to be a time for each side to be very assertive about its interests and to do all they can to protect itself. Both sides seem to be making a big deal about the problem being brought to the attention of the international community for the first time.”

On April 28 of this year, Prime Minister Nawat, who is also leader of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), made an announcement that the group would take the issue of human trafficking to the UN.

“The NCPO has decided it is time to address this issue and ask the human rights body to investigate human trafficking practices and to initiate dialogue with the perpetrators to try and resolve it,” he said.

Human trafficking is a relatively new concept and for people in Thailand this term refers to any kind of human trafficking regardless of the nationality, the sexual preference of the victims, or the country of the trafficking. There are a lot of misconceptions about what human trafficking is and it is very difficult for the public here.

Tracing the Source

In the past, the biggest problem with investigating human trafficking offenses was the inability to find the perpetrators. There are very few trafficking investigations that occur in Thailand because it is very difficult for police and the national prosecution service to establish whether or not there was an illegal enterprise.

The NCOP-2 report released earlier this year stated that trafficking is often the result of human trafficking. The report was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is responsible for investigating and prosecuting cases of human trafficking crimes. The NCOP-2 report says that nearly half of the total trafficking cases that have been reported in Thailand in the five years examined by the study take place within Thailand. Some of these case-in-point include men engaging in prostitution in Thailand while married to Thai women.

In contrast, the trafficking of adult women into Thailand has declined in the last 15 years and there are virtually no cases today reported. The numbers in the study are also low, in contrast to those reported by some European reports which show a rising number of cases of trafficking of women into Thailand every year.

The victims are usually from Western countries, but there are also