Spirituality and Economics

The Children Juveniles and Women Division (CWD) is a unit that has expertise in preventing and suppressing social crimes, especially crimes against children, juveniles, women, and laborers, as well as protecting the basic rights of those people from being violated. The CWD is suppressing local and transnational human trafficking networks by integrating cooperation with all agencies concerned on both national and international levels, using a rapid and standardized criminal justice system. The CWD also takes part in social regulating to systematically and permanently solve social problems.

The Government of the Kingdom of Thailand, through the Royal Thai Police, established the Child Juvenile and Women Division on July 1st, 2005, in accordance with the Royal Decree on Division of Government Agencies in the Royal Thai Police, 2005, and the ministerial regulation on division of government agencies. The Child Juveniles and Women Division, under the Central Investigation Bureau, are vested with the authority to maintain peace and order, as well as to suppress criminal acts throughout the country and internationally under the Criminal Code in relation to social order and offences against children, youth, women, and laborers.

The celebration of the 2nd year anniversary of the Children Juveniles and Women Division (CWD) was on July 1st, 2007.  The entire time, the CWD has operated according to purposes set by The Royal Police. The CWD was established as a specialized division for solving problems with offenses involving children, juveniles, women, and laborers. Since its establishment, it has also developed a permanent anti-human trafficking unit, effectively handling cases on both national and international levels with cooperation from and in coordination with related agencies. All involved in cooperation include government agencies, private agencies, NGOs, as well as other national and foreign agencies. This cooperation has especially provided much needed support, such as training, equipment, budget, and information exchange for more effective operation. Additionally, it especially hopes to continue receiving great cooperation from all related agencies in order to reach its aim of protecting human rights and equality far into the future.