...personhood, dignity and labor have become the most valuable, profitable and reusable products in the growing market of the modern day world. Having been traded and transferred within the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry, humans as merchandise have manufactured a 32 billion dollar industry. Despite the global reach of the human trafficking industry, which exploits at least 30 million people throughout the world, human trafficking continues its business through black market transactions, ill-equipped or ill-informed governments, and global inadequacies. Human trafficking is being viewed as a form of modern day slavery. It is an act that subjects men, women and children to participate in fraud, coercion, prostitution and labor. Failure to follow orders results in being beaten up, starved, sexually abused and possibly killed. The human trafficking industry in Thailand is known to be one of the world’s largest and the most brutal as numerous women, children and men are being abducted from their homes and work on a daily basis, most of whom are minorities. Human trafficking is not only about individuals but also has a mass effect on our social fabric, economic...
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...Royal Thai Police Primary responsibility for the maintenance of public order through enforcement of the kingdom's laws was exercised by the Thailand National Police Department (TNPD), a subdivision of the Ministry of Interior. Charged with performing police functions throughout the entire country, the TNPD was a unitary agency whose power and influence in Thai national life had at times rivaled that of the army. The formal functions of the TNPD included more than the enforcement of laws and apprehension of offenders. The department also played an important role in the government's efforts to suppress the remnants of the insurgency. In the event of an invasion by external forces, much of the police force would come under the control of the Ministry of Defense to serve with, but not be incorporated into, the military forces. Originally modeled on the pre-World War II national police force of Japan, the TNPD was reorganized several times to meet changing public order and internal security needs. American advice, training, and equipment, which were provided from 1951 through the early 1970s, did much to introduce new law enforcement concepts and practices and to aid in the modernization of the TNPD. During this era the strength and effectiveness of the police grew steadily. All components of the police system were administered by the TNPD headquarters in Bangkok, which also provided technical support for law enforcement activities throughout the kingdom. The major operational...
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...some external impacts on other neighboring countries; which is commonly known as a “spillover effects” in political science. Some cases even become so much critical to solve, that the whole continent become affected by the problem. The impact of that ethnic conflict becomes so vulnerable, that the case has not been concealed nationally but also become an international phenomenon. In my case, the problem has become a huge threat to national and international security system. The hypothesis of the paper is to conducting possible security threat across the borders, particularly in the whole south-Asian region. The ethnic violence in Myanmar has some direct impact on social, political and economic processes at national and international levels. In fact, the conflict can result not only in destabilizing the trade and security of Myanmar, but also of the surrounding states. But my concern is focusing the ongoing security issue inside and across borders due to that conflict. That’s why, I think this is a very urgent matter to study and its totally connected with the problem of IR. (Koser 2005, pp- 12) International communities could not able to present perfect legislation or implement new constitution for that particular case so far in order to address the problem of security threat and securitization of migration. (Ibrahim 2005, pp.-183) Research Question: “Are Rohingya Muslims as a Irregular migrants creating security threat across the borders by taking shelter on different...
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...others will argue that trafficking and coercion are almost always part of prostitution, and in that case the solicitor is an injured party and prostitution cannot be thought of as a victimless crime. A study was carried out by Wilson, Cullen, Latessa and Wills in 1985, which examined police officers in a small, Midwestern American city and their attitudes towards victimless crimes through the use of questionnaires. It was reported that officers felt not that prostitution was a serious problem, but that it was a gateway crime into more serious offences (such as trafficking). Additionally, Wilson explained that the male customers were not perceived by the officers to be part of the criminal population. Later, Baker attempted to capture female officers’ attitudes by interviewing seven who has posed as decoy prostitutes, reporting that “most described their work as interesting and used role playing to adopt the character of a prostitute”. Adding that “dressing the part of a prostitute was not a problem, but speaking the language of the street was initially embarrassing” (p25). Wilson et al. argues that prostitution is a victimless crime in itself, as neither party is directly injured, but accepts that this victimless crime may be a gateway for other, non-victimless crimes. However, whilst others agree that on the surface prostitution appears to be a victimless crime, they argue that other factors, such as coercion, force women into the situation – meaning they are not willing at the...
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...Submission deadline | 13 March, 2013 | For Academic Registrar use only | TABLE OF CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION 3 DEFINING LEGAL RISK LEGAL RISKS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE LEGAL RISKS COUNTRY PROFILES 4 - MALAYSIA - THAILAND 5 - VIETNAM 7 - CAMBODIA 8 CONCLUSION 9 REFERENCES 10 ITRODUCTION: Cowan PLC specializes in producing copper tubing. Following globalization and internationalization tendencies the company is currently considering an option of exporting its products to the new markets in the following countries: Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and possibly Cambodia. Besides taking considerations of economic factors, it is also crucial to consider legal factors such as the legal and judicial systems of the country that may seriously influence business conduct in the region. The purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate all legal risks that...
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...Doing Business in Thailand: 2012 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 2010. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. • • • • • • • • • • Chapter 1: Doing Business In Thailand Chapter 2: Political and Economic Environment Chapter 3: Selling U.S. Products and Services Chapter 4: Leading Sectors for U.S. Export and Investment Chapter 5: Trade Regulations, Customs and Standards Chapter 6: Investment Climate Chapter 7: Trade and Project Financing Chapter 8: Business Travel Chapter 9: Contacts, Market Research and Trade Events Chapter 10: Guide to Our Services 1 Return to table of contents Chapter 1: Doing Business In Thailand • • • • Market Overview Market Challenges Market Opportunities Market Entry Strategy Market Overview • Return to top Thailand is the 27th largest export destination for the United States. Two-way trade in 2011 was about $35.75 billion, with $24.8 billion in Thai exports to the U.S. and $10.9 billion in U.S. exports to Thailand. The figures represent an increase of 12.9 percent in the value of trade between the two countries. U.S. exports to Thailand increased by 21.7 percent, while US imports from Thailand increased by about 9.4 percent for the same period in 2010. In Asia, Thailand ranks as the United States’ 10th largest export destination after China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. The Thai...
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...Prostitution and sex trafficking is an industry were we see some of the horrifying abuse against women, young teenagers and kids. It is a fact that this problem it has a variation of differences and similarities between prostitution in America and other countries. The similarities and differences between these countries in prostitution and sex trafficking is that poverty is one of the major facts why these organization abuse from these people. All these countries like in America and Asia for example poverty reflects the needs of having money, protection, and family support. Referring to the facts that this three terms it plays some of the major problem why sex trafficker abuse from these people. For example we can see how in Thailand the rural...
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...Human Trafficking is such a unseen issue and many people don’t understand it that it’s being pushed off to the side and ignored. The people who are suffering from human trafficking are calling out for our help and we need to put our foot down and start bringing awareness to everyone’s attention. Trafficked victims life’s are impacted by this in horrible ways, some don’t even make it out of brothels because of diseases or being beaten so bad. Victims that make it out still don’t have it easy because there ether living with a virus or having psychological issues and being discriminated by family members. The goal of this paper is to investigate the issues and concerns of human trafficking and bring awareness to the problem. Human Trafficking is a difficult problem in society today, there are so many loop holes that it’s hard for officials to crack down on it. For people who are living in impoverished countries, getting away to a new country where they can start over can be a dream come true especially if they meet someone who is willing to help But it also can be there worst nightmare if all someone knew to be true was just...
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...serious problems for virtually every country. The abuse of drugs has an adverse impact, not only on the individual abuser, but also on the economy and society of a country as a whole. Drug use and the problems that accompany it have an extremely deleterious effect on the healthy development of young people, especially. Due to the rapid increase in drug related crime and drug abusers in Asian countries, the establishment of effective countermeasures for demand and supply reduction are a pressing issue. In light of the above-mentioned situation, the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI); and the Research Division of the Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Justice jointly conducted a comprehensive study on drug abuser treatment, from 2002 to 2004, entitled “Research on the Trends in Drug Abuse and Effective Measures for the Treatment of the Drug Abusers in Asian Countries - An Analysis of Innovative Measures for the Treatment of Drug Abusers”. The Asian countries included in the study are: China (Hong Kong), Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. This is the first phase of the study on drug abuser treatment; the second phase, which begun last year, will cover Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. UNAFEI is a United Nations regional institute, established in 1961 by agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Japan, with the aim of promoting the sound development of criminal justice...
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...[pic] THAILAND [pic] Ana Sofia Da Silva Justo Pedro Renato Da Costa Faria Joao Miguel De Carvalho Iglésias Killian Belleil Introduction Recognized as one of the most beautiful country in the world, Thailand attracts both tourists and foreign investors. Its landscape, history, culture and hospitality of Thais make this country very attractive. That’s why we call Thailand : « The Land of Smiles ». Of many reasons foreign investors want to do business in Thailand. However, the famous Thai hospitality can quickly become a problem for those trying to break into the closed sphere of Thai trade. Indeed, many investors who have tried have failed because of the many administrative tasks. On top of that, many sectors are reserved for work by Thai nationals only if foreigners are restricted in the types of activities they can perform. It would seem that the best way to start a business in Thailand is to know someone on the territory that is able to help us. But we behave as ambitious entrepreneurs. So let’s make our own idea with this following market analysis. First, we will focus on the country's history and key events that affected its economy. Then we look at the factors affecting the development of the country through two analysis tools. We will discover the culture and ways to behave to do business. We’ll end our analysis by doing an analytical report on a mega-size environmental challenge. ...
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...companies offering voluntourism opportunities all over the world. Tourists are encouraged to take part in the short-term care of young, vulnerable children through volunteer programmes at orphanages. Sadly voluntourism is more about the self-fulfilment of westerners than the needs of developing nations. As Ian Birrell writes in The Guardian: 'Wealthy tourists prevent local workers from getting much-needed jobs, especially when they pay to volunteer; hard-pressed institutions waste time looking after them and money upgrading facilities.” Children in orphanages are immensely vulnerable. There is consistent evidence that children who are institutionalised at a young age develop a variety of emotional, social, behavioural and educational problems. Abused or abandoned children form emotional attachments to the visitors, who increase their trauma by disappearing back home. Alternative care should be the last care option when it is really needed and only in suitable forms that promote the child’s wellbeing. Support should be primarily given to families to take care of their children. Instead of supporting orphanages a long-term solutions that prevent the institutionalisation of children should be encouraged. According to International Child Campaign: “Residential care is at least 10 times and up to 100 times more costly than family care”. Data from Unicef shows that Institutional care costs on average three times more than foster care. The EU and the WHO funded a survey1 on the costs...
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...Negative. The impact caused China millions of lives and left much of China's problems today. On country level: If weren't for the imperialists' invasions, Taiwan wouldn't be a problem (Japan took Taiwan away). Tibet wouldn't be a problem (Britain tried to take it away and combine it with its Indian colony, it led to today's problems in Tibet and Britain and India backing the Tibetan separatists). Xinjiang wouldn't be a problem (weak Chinese government due to foreign invasion led to Xinjiang's separatist activities to build East Turkestan which eventually led to terrorism in this province.) Mongolia would still be part of China (Russia backed Outer Mongolia into independence, leaving China with only Inner Mongolia.) Part of the Siberia would still be China. (Part of Siberia used to be Chinese territory but fell to Russian invasions) China was forced in years to pay enormous amount of silver to the western powers, especially Britain and France, which funded the western industrialization and economic boom and greatly destroyed the Chinese economy, millions died in hunger. China's fall led to its lost of political and cultural influence in east and central Asia. Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Kazakhstan, etc, all turned away. Western cultural moved into East Asia. On cultural level: Chinese cultural and art no longer had great influence worldwide. Westerner people started to appreciate their own culture and art, Japan turned completely western. People started...
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...have threatened and also tortured civilians during interrogations and raped women. They also are forcing people even children as young as 14 years old to work in the mines. The Kachin civilians say that they are also forcing them to work on the front lines for the Burmese army, enduring torture, and being fired upon by the soldier. Human Rights Watch traces the women and girls' cross-border transport and their confinement in illegal brothels throughout Thailand where they are forced to work off their debt, often with 100 percent interest, through what amounts to sexual servitude. In addition to debt bondage, the women and girls face a wide range of abuses, including illegal confinement; forced labor; rape; physical abuse; exposure to HIV/AIDS; and, in some cases, murder. The Burmese women and girls work ten to eighteen hours a day, twenty-five days a month with anywhere from 5-15 clients a day. Health care and birth control information are minimal. Most of the women and girls are interviewed were virgins when they entered Thailand; fifty to seventy percent of them were HIV positive when they left. Escape for the Burmese women and girls is virtually impossible. If they step outside the brothel, they risk physical punishment, retribution against their parents or other relatives for defaulting on a debt and/or...
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...Index of perception of corruption * As with many developing nations, corruption is widespread in India. * India is ranked 72 out of a 179 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, although its score has improved consistently from 2.7 in 2002 to 3.5 in 2008. * Corruption has taken the role of a persistent aspect of Indian politics and administration. Corruption In Politics * Criminalization of Indian politics is a main problem. * In July 2008 Washington Times reported that nearly a fourth of the 540 Indian Parliament members faced criminal charges, "including human trafficking, immigration rackets, embezzlement, rape and even murder". * At state level, things are often worse. The List of Scams in INDIA * A funny picture of how funds are going to divided among people. Corruption In administration * A 2009 survey of the leading economies of Asia, revealed Indian administration to be not just least efficient out of Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, China, Philippines and Indonesia.. * Further it was also found that working with the India's civil servants was a "slow and painful" process. * Officials often steal state property like land, food (which is for poor) etc. * In Government Hospitals, corruption is associated with non availability of medicines (or duplicate medicines), getting admission and consultations with doctors Corruption In Judiciary ...
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...rank among 2014-2015 economies was 37, while the GCI 2014-2015 rank was 34 out of 144 economies. The graph here, shows that, the GDP per capita in Indonesia, since 1990 to 2014, had always grown in parallel with but more than the average of other countries in the same regional area (Emerging and Developing Asia). Since 2012-2013, Indonesia has always grown in terms of GCI, moving from the 50th to the 37th position with a score shifted from 4.4 to 4.5. Overall position of the country in the regional area Behind Singapore (2nd), the five largest members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)—namely Malaysia (18th, up two), Thailand (32nd, down one), Indonesia (37th, down four), the Philippines (47, up five), and Vietnam (56th, up 12)—all rank in the top half of the overall GCI rankings. With the exception of Thailand, all five have improved their showing since 2007. Overall position of the country with respect to similar countries in terms of stage of development In terms of “stage of development”, Indonesia is one of the 31 efficiency –driven economies (GDP per...
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