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'Shipwreck' seen fishing off Somalia
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/01/2019
» A "shipwrecked" trawler that once belonged to a Thai owner was found fishing in Somalian waters, according to Interpol.
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Trawler conflicts to be resolved
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/01/2019
» Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo has pledged to end conflicts with commercial trawlers before the country ratifies the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Work in Fishing Convention, or C188, by the end of this month.
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Stranded fishing crew arrives back home
News, Published on 13/08/2019
» Some of the 18 Thai crew members rescued from a stricken vessel found drifting without fuel off the coast of Somalia have insisted that crew broker Nithiwat Thiranantakul -- their employer -- had encouraged them to work overseas but later failed to pay their salaries.
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900kg of crystal meth seized from fishing trawler
Online Reporters, Published on 01/06/2023
» Authorities have arrested six drug smugglers and seized 909 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, believed to be destined for Australia, from a fishing trawler south of Koh Samet in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Crew rescue casts long shadow
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/08/2019
» Last week's rescue of 18 Thai fishermen from a stricken vessel drifting without fuel in the sea off Somalia has raised concerns over a hidden form of human trafficking.
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Crew saga a wake-up call
News, Editorial, Published on 06/08/2019
» The plight of Thai crew members on a fishing trawler off the Somali coast has caused a sensation, with their families pleading for the state to help speed up the return of their sons to Thailand.
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Kin demand rescue of second fishing crew
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/08/2019
» Relatives of a second Thai trawler crew that had been fishing off Somalia have called on authorities to contact them and see if they also need assistance.
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Staying afloat on a sea of despair
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/12/2019
» Chakra (Sarm Heng) is a Cambodian peasant boy who wants to escape a rural existence that offers him no future. "How's Thailand?" he asks a friend who returns from working at a construction site in Bangkok. "If you work hard, there's no problem," his friend assures him. Through trafficking agents, Chakra is smuggled across the border, but instead of being sent to a factory or a construction site, the boy is thrown onto a fishing trawler and forced to work without pay in conditions resembling a floating prison.
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'Green oil' seen tied to B700m tax fraud
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/02/2022
» The operator of a fishing vessel recently seized for inspection will be charged on suspicion of illegally buying "green oil", an excise tax-free diesel reserved only for legally registered fishing boats, Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, assistant national police chief, said yesterday.
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Abandoned trawler crew on way home
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 08/08/2019
» The Thai fishing crewmen abandoned on a vessel in the sea off Somalia on the Horn of Africa are on their way home, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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