The Thai Embassy is involved in the issue of detaining young Moroccans and exploiting them in criminal acts.

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The Thai Embassy got involved in a case Detention of Moroccan youth And exploiting them in criminal acts.

The Thai embassy in Morocco issued a statement confirming its readiness to cooperate with countries whose citizens have been detained by “armed militias among Myanmar and Thailand,” stressing that it was “inaccurate” news.

The embassy said in its statement: “Recently, inaccurate and unverified news and inaccurate details have circulated about the illegal detention of Moroccan citizens in Southeast Asia, with some stating that the incident occurred in Thailand, and the embassy would like to clarify several points.”

The statement added: “The incident of international criminal networks luring some African nationals to some regions in Southeast Asia is a relatively recent phenomenon that concerns citizens of many countries of the world. Governments In Southeast Asia and Africa jointly to address it.”

The statement continued: “It must be understood that these are cases of citizens of several nationalities who have fallen victim to international criminal networks and human trafficking operations that illegally and cunningly establish facilities in remote border areas in Southeast Asia.”

The statement pointed out that “citizens from various African countries, not just Morocco, are victims of such international human trafficking and cybercrime gangs.” Considering that it is difficult to verify the exact number of these potential victims, their nationalities, and their whereabouts, and investigations conducted by national and international law enforcement agencies are still ongoing.

The statement confirmed: “As preliminary and preventive measures, the Thai government has issued instructions to Thai embassies in Africa to implement additional precautionary measures in granting visas in order to reduce the chance of African citizens falling victim to these criminal activities or using Thailand as a transit route given that Thailand is an aviation hub in Southeast Asia.” .

It is stated that “many individuals often apply for visas willingly, motivated by financial gain through misleading information they receive from these international trafficking networks, and these individuals then sometimes provide false information to embassies under the pretext of tourism or other purposes.” legitimate reasons for their travel. Some of them may have received assistance from these criminal networks in providing false information or documents to embassies,” according to the statement.

The Thai Embassy in Rabat confirmed that “the Thai government is ready to cooperate with the governments of all countries whose citizens have been lured or detained by these networks.”