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'Safe zone' can help prevent violence
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/11/2023
» Civil society groups are urging authorities to aggressively enforce the law against criminals who commit violence against women and children and designate a safe zone in each community to protect young people.
Depts to work on surrogacy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/06/2022
» The Department of Health Service Support (DHSS) and the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) are working together to suppress illegal surrogacy in order to change the country's sullied reputation as a hub for illegal fertility treatments.
Surrogate babies stranded by Covid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/01/2021
» The Covid-19 outbreak has left many newborn babies of illegal surrogate mothers stranded in Thailand because of international travel bans.
IUU fishing is a crime issue, says Prawit
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/06/2019
» Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon on Wednesday called on the United Nations to make Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing an environmental crime.
EU lifts seafood ban threat
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/01/2019
» Brussels: After three years of hard work cleaning up its fisheries industry, the Thai government can breathe a sigh of relief after the European Union yesterday delisted the country from yellow-card status in recognition of its progress in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).
Fishing sector 'shipshape' ahead of EU scrutiny
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/04/2018
» In a bid to get the European Union's yellow card lifted from the lucrative fishery sector, Thai authorities have completed the registration of migrant workers ahead of a visit by an EU inspection team.
Group urges probe into kidnap case
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/03/2018
» The National Fisheries Association of Thailand has urged police to hasten an investigation into a man who claims he was unlawfully detained on a trawler for more than 15 years.
Prayut charts course to beat EU's import ban
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/03/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha asked the public to be patient as the government seeks to do away with Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
DSI wildlife efforts bag big game
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/01/2018
» The arrest of wildlife trafficking kingpin Boonchai Bach in Nakhon Phanom last Friday received international media attention. Mr Boonchai was a member of a notorious Southeast Asian trafficking syndicate known as "Hydra", which was a major trader of illegal ivory, pangolin, tiger, prayoon wood, and tiger and rhino horns.
Centre to shore up fisheries clean-up bid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/11/2017
» Authorities will establish the Thai Maritime Enforcement Centre to strengthen operations in maritime security, fighting human trafficking, and fisheries.