Bahrain denies Thai investigators are in Manama to probe prostitution ring
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12/29/2006 11:47 PM | By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief
Manama: Bahraini officials yesterday denied recent media reports that a police unit from Thailand was conducting investigations in Manama into an alleged prostitution ring involving Thai women.
The report, first published in a Thai newspaper, said that the newly-formed police Transnational Sex Trafficking Unit was coordinating with Bahraini police in preparation for a crackdown on a highly-organised prostitution ring supplying Thai women.
Bahrain denies Thai investigators are in Manama to probe prostitution ring
http://archive.gulfnews.com/region/Bahrain/10092965.html
12/29/2006 11:47 PM | By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief
Manama: Bahraini officials yesterday denied recent media reports that a police unit from Thailand was conducting investigations in Manama into an alleged prostitution ring involving Thai women.
The report, first published in a Thai newspaper, said that the newly-formed police Transnational Sex Trafficking Unit was coordinating with Bahraini police in preparation for a crackdown on a highly-organised prostitution ring supplying Thai women.
Senseless
The Thai chief of the Crimes Against Children, Juveniles and Women Suppression Division, which oversees the unit, was quoted as saying that “although most Thai prostitutes in Bahrain are working there of their own volition, this is still regarded as transnational human trafficking.”
But Bahraini officials denied the presence of the Thai unit in the country. “The thought that there is a Thai investigation unit operating in Bahrain without the knowledge or cooperation of the Bahraini authorities is senseless,” interior ministry media head Mohammad Bin Daina said.
