A nongovernmental organisation has found up to 1,500 young victims of human trafficking at Thailandbased rescue homes during the past five years.
"Of them, five are lured into prostitution," Save the Children UK official Warangkhana Mutumon said at a forum yesterday.
The forum aimed to explore solutions on how to prevent human trafficking.
According to her, human traffickers have relied on money and materialistic attitudes in luring their victims more than before.
"Some children have not even realised that they have become victims," Warangkhana said.
Speaking at the same forum, Paiboon Boonprasert said he volunteered his services to a project against human trafficking because he almost fell a victim once.
"Humantrafficking risks are not restricted to just children in the border areas, but also slum areas or bus terminals in Bangkok," he said.
Surapong Kongjantuek, who sits in a Senate committee, said relevant authorities must strictly enforce laws so as to protect children.