Police Crackdown Expands into Human Trafficking

Things are getting much more serious as police evoke Human Traffcking statutes, as defned by the United Nations, which include offering people to commit sexual services for pay, even with the consent of the prostitute. This gives the Immigration Bureau the authority to conduct raids which were previously conducted by Pattaya Police from Soi 9 who were looking for charging people with the much lesser offense of prostitution in the same situation.

So far, two go go bars on Walking Street, several karaoke bars and massage parlors and even a restaurant have all been closed and the owners and managers arrested for staff offering sexual services to customers.

The charges are Human Traffcking and they were arrested by Chonburi Immigration.