Thailand’s anti-trafficking effort loses steam

Thailand’s anti-trafficking effort loses steam – Reuters, December 4, 2013
The U.S. State Department is gathering information for its next Trafficking In Persons (TIP) Report, due to be published in June. It ranks countries on their efforts to combat human trafficking. Thailand faces an automatic downgrade to Tier 3, the lowest rank, unless it makes “significant efforts” to improve its record, the State Department says…