BANGKOK, 18 July 2014 (NNT) – The Ministry of Labor has met with concerned parties in order to find solutions to the country’s human trafficking problems after the US demoted Thailand for abysmal human trafficking records last month.

According to M.L. Puntarig Samithi, the Labor Permanent secretary, the meeting has come up with measures to deal with Thailand’s chronic human trafficking, which call for greater cooperation among concerned parties on four issues: Enhancing transparency of immigrant labor system, frequent inspecting of workplaces and trawlers, amending laws to be more efficient and increasing confidence of foreign countries in Thailand’s determination and its measures to solve the problems.

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