Earlier this month I wrote about the numbers of people trafficked between Myanmar and Thailand. Both governments claimed they were getting a handle on the problem. Non-Governmental Organizations in the region, however call bullshit. Why am I not surprised? Can any truth come from Myanmar”s State Peace and Development Council?

From Examiner:

Nevertheless, the past NGO reports raise questions of whether Burmese anti-human trafficking is effective and whether the Burmese authority is serious about counter-measuring its problem of human trafficking. Here is a classic example of why one should take a second look at the joint effort of anti-human trafficking mentioned above. Upon its agreement on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in 1997 the Burmese regime implemented Anti-Trafficking Law. However, a few years after the implementation, Women of Burma (an NGO group for Burmese women’s rights) reported that “innocent people have been arrested on false trafficking charges, particularly after the enactment of the 2005 Anti-Trafficking Law.”

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