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Thailand

Government Agencies

Office of the Attorney General - Thai Criminal Law Institute
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is the principal agency responsible for criminal prosecution, provision of legal advice to state agencies, representation of government in court and for international cooperation in criminal matters.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Sex tourism has been addressed by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) using several measures.

Department of Social Development and Welfare - The Bureau of Anti-Trafficking in Women and Children
The Department of Social Development and Welfare is the principal government agency that provides welfare services to needy and distressed people, including trafficked women and children, throughout the country.

Immigration Bureau
The Deputy Commissioner of the Immigration Bureau oversees the investigation Unit & Immigration Detention Center.

Kredtrakarn Protection and Occupational Development Centre - Department of Social Development and Welfare - Ministry of Social Development and Human Security
Baan Kredtrakarn (Kredtrakarn Home) was established in July 1960 under the former Department of Public Welfare.

Ministry of Education
The Sema Life Development project is a project run by the Ministry of Education, and supported by UNICEF and ILO, with the specific aim of fighting the problem of girls being recruited for prostitution and other hazardous forms of child labour.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Department of Consular Affairs
The Department of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the cooperation of UNIAP (UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region), held a symposium in Bangkok in June 2002 on the welfare of victims of trafficking, especially women and children.

Ministry of Justice, Department of Special Investigations
The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) of the Ministry of Justice is being developed to handle transnational crime in general, and human trafficking in particular.  The Government and Parliament intend to entrust the DSI with the power to investigate serious, complicated and sophisticated crimes and particularly economic crimes or white collar crimes, transnational and organized crimes; while the police have the power to maintain peace and social order and have the power to investigate street crimes.

Ministry of Labor - Dept. of Labor Protection and Welfare
MOLSW’s Department of Labor Protection and Welfare (DLPW) has established a hotline for individuals to report incidences of child labor.  DLPW has also initiated a public awareness campaign that focuses on providing information about child labor laws, encouraging reporting, and promoting guidelines for education on labor laws in schools. The Department of Social Welfare has also established shelters for street children.

Ministry of Public Health
The Ministry of Public Health, amongst other responsibilities, provides health services to Thai prostitutes and exploited women.

Royal Thai Police
The Royal Thai Police have been sporadically trained to be more aware of new government policies of humane treatment of victims of trafficking.