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19:48, 19-Jul-2017
Thai court finds dozens of defendants guilty of human trafficking
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A court in Thailand found dozens of defendants guilty of human trafficking on Wednesday, with more convictions expected in the country's largest ever people-smuggling trial.
Over 100 defendants, including a Thai army general, police officers, local politicians and Myanmar nationals, are accused of offenses spanning from human trafficking to ransom and murder.
The trail began in 2015 after a Thai crackdown on trafficking gangs following the gruesome discovery of dozens of shallow graves near the Thai-Malaysia border. Authorities claim the traffickers held those migrants as hostages until relatives paid for their release.