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Bar raided in Bangkok’s Nana, woman arrested for alleged child sex trafficking

Police raided a bar in Bangkok’s Nana area and found that at least three teenage girls were offering sexual services. Two are 15 years old, another is 14. A woman at the bar was arrested on child sex trafficking charges.

Officers raided 789 Bar on Sukhumvit Soi 7 in the Nana area, a redlight district is known for its go-go bars catering mostly to foreign men. Other bars reportedly open in the area promptly closed when the police showed up. Officers say they found that the girls could be taken out of the 789 Bar to provide sexual services.

The Dhamrongdham Centre, operated under the Ministry of Interior, recently received a complaint from the Operation Underground Railroad, also known as O.U.R., that girls under 18 years old were brought to the bar to offer sex service.

Police say they discovered that an agent, identified as a woman named Ratchada, hired underage girls to work at…

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