The Sub-Committee on Solutions to Human Trafficking, Child Labor,Forced Labor and Migrant Workers has had a brief meeting to ensure thatall government units were working on the same track in line with thePrime Minister’s policy. Minister of Labour Gen SurasakKarnjanarat revealed after chairing the meeting that the Sub-Committeewas putting more efforts in the suppression of human trafficking,especially in the fishery sector where illegal labor is mainly employed. He said inspections of fishing boats are joint responsibitiesof all units concerned with the Royal Thai Navy taking the leading role.Inspections will be taken in earnest on fishing boats that always mooroffshore to avoid official inspections. On the part of the LabourMinistry, four more inspector’s teams have been added, raising the totalnumber of the teams to 26 currently. The Labour Ministry willsee to it that the Employment Department works separately fromrecruitment agencies in order to prevent them from seeking benefit fromlegal loopholes. With the stringent law enforcement, Gen Surasakis confident that malpractice in the labour sector will decrease whilethe Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) is closely monitoringand taking to task government officials who are involved in humantrafficking.-VNA