Pol Gen Ake Angsananont, the deputy National Police chief in charge of suppressing human trafficking, yesterday vowed to crack down on “slave labor” in the fisheries industry and among foreign beggar gangs.
The registration of migrant workers in the fishery and related industries in 22 coastal provinces kicks off today. The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has given trawler operators until 21 July to file lists of the names of their migrant crew to the Provincial Employment Office.
Ake said police, acting on instructions from the NCPO to stamp out human trafficking especially in the two sensitive areas, have proposed a plan and discussed with parties the implementation of a measure to have fishing boat owners draw up the lists of their migrant workers on board.
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