Human Trafficking Of Thailand s Fishing Industry

Human Trafficking in Thailand’s Fishing Industry Twenty-seven million people have become victims of human trafficking across the world. This transnational crime generates 32 billion dollars annually by the human trafficking industry. Victims of this crime are traded for most commonly the purposes of sexual slavery, forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation, extraction of organ or tissues, or even forced marriage. This is a violation of human rights because of coercion and commercial exploitation (â€Å"Human Trafficking.† Wikipedia). 161 countries have been identified as affected by human trafficking according to the Polaris Project (â€Å"Human Trafficking Statistics†). Recently, Thailand, a source, destination, and transit country for men,†¦show more content†¦Unless the Thai government directs pressures upon the Thai Fishing industry and their secretive methodology of capturing and refraining victims, Thailand will see no results in the fight against human trafficking in the labor industry. Although t he Thai government has been showing progress and promises, the unregulated fishing industry allows for victims be more vulnerable to trafficking so it is crucial for the government to implement strict laws within the Thai fishing industry, Thai navy, and local police officials. The heavy reliance that boat owners have on brokers and the corrupt officials that partner up with the labor industry for profit are pulling down the anchor for results to take fruit. Learning from new investigations put into sale, Thailand has been repeatedly accused of slavery within their fishing industry with vast evidence of abuse and exploitation migrant fisherman (â€Å"Thailand ignoring slaves†). Thailand is the world’s largest prawn exporter in vast seafood and their export industry is estimated to be worth $7.3 billion. The Thai government estimates that up to 300,000 people work in its fishing industry, 90% of whom are migrants vulnerable to being tricked, trafficked and sold to the sea (â€Å"Revealed: Asian slave†). These salves are forced to work for no pay for years and are controlled through threats of extreme violence. A six-month investigation confirmed that large numbers of men are bought and sold