KUALA LUMPUR: The Unity Government’s resilience is due to the understanding and compatibility between coalition parties, says Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The call-centre gang crisis has become a significant political issue, further complicated by Thailand ’s human trafficking status. - Photo: The Nation/ANN file
This measure is part of Thailand’s broader effort to address the alarming rise in call-centre crimes that have involved both local and international criminals targeting people across the globe. As Liu pointed out, global losses from these scams have exceeded trillions of dollars, affecting nearly every country.
The country is currently ranked in “Tier 2” in the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons report, meaning that Thailand partially meets the minimum standards for combating trafficking but still has considerable work to do.
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