BANGKOK: A mobile app launched to boost the reporting of human trafficking risks could be hampered by lack of trust in government officials, said anti-slavery experts.
The app was developed by Mahanakorn University of Technology and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, the government agency responsible for protecting human trafficking victims.“We hope trafficking victims and witnesses will use this tool to notify authorities of incidents or request for assistance,” Porametee Vimolsiri, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said yesterday.
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