Six held in Thailand and Australia on human trafficking

Police in Thailand and Australia have arrested six people believed to be part of a human trafficking network, following a year-long investigation.

An Iraqi man and a Thai woman, reportedly his wife, were detained in Thailand on passport forgery charges.

In Australia, four people were arrested for allegedly smuggling people to the country through South East Asia.

Authorities in Malaysia and Indonesia were also involved in the operation, but made no arrests.

The arrests on Tuesday were part of "Operation Arapaima" - a cross-border effort to crackdown on a trafficking network spanning the region, said a Thai police spokesman.         Read More