The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has arrested a woman on suspicion of duping another woman into working as a prostitute in the United Arab Emirates.
DSI director-general Triyarith Temahivong said on Thursday his officers apprehended the Thai woman, whose identity was withheld, in Chanchoengsao on Wednesday.
She was the subject of an arrest warrant approved by the Criminal Court on charges of complicity in human trafficking and procuring and forcing a victim into prostitution, he said.
Mr Triyarith said the DSI had taken up the case for special investigation after the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Dubai brought the matter to its attention.
The woman was among six suspects, Thai and foreign, wanted on arrest warrants sought by the DSI.
Another suspect was arrested in November last year. Authorities are stepping up efforts to track down the other four,…
