Uzbek woman arrested in Pattaya for human trafficking
Police in Pattaya apprehended a 34 year old woman from Uzbekistan following an Interpol red notice issued for her involvement in human trafficking.
The Uzbek woman, Gumi, is accused of luring young women into prostitution in Uzbekistan, according to Police Colonel Naphasapong Khositsuriyamanee, chief of the Chon Buri Immigration Bureau.
Gumi fled to Thailand after Uzbek authorities detained several members of her trafficking network during a recent police operation. Thai police, upon verifying her documents, discovered that her visa had expired.
“She was sent to the Pattaya Police Station to acknowledge the overstay charge.”
A police spokesperson added that deportation proceedings would follow, reported Bangkok Post.
In related news, police officers from the Anti Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) triumphantly captured the last suspect in a gruesome decade-old human trafficking case, ending an exhaustive month-long chase.
Their breakthrough? A single clue: a sketch of an unidentified woman, said Police Major General Sarut Kwaengsopha, the ATPD commander after the suspect was arrested in Samut Prakan on September 22.
The climax came on September 16 when Pol. Maj. Gen. Sarut green-lit Pol. Col. Korkiat Wuthijumnong, Superintendent of Sub-Division 1, to nab Sompong Soithong, with a Criminal Court arrest warrant dating back to December 19, 2014. Pol. Lt. Col. Burin Kapittha executed the dramatic arrest under Pol. Col. Korkiat’s orders.
One of the women was detained at a dormitory in Khlong Preng subdistrict, Mueang district, Chachoengsao province. The other woman and her husband, a 41 year old Chinese national, were apprehended at Suvarnabhumi Airport while clearing immigration, according to Police Major General Saruti Kwaengsopa, commander of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division.
The trio faces charges of human trafficking, involvement in prostitution, membership in a criminal organisation, and deceiving individuals into leaving the country.
