trafficking both at the countries of origin and destination. Thailand legislated 3 laws: (1) Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, 1996; (2) Measures in Prevention and Suppression of Trafficking in Women and Children Act, 1997; and (3) Prevention and Protection of Human Trafficking Act, 2008. After 2008, special funds are allocated for the purpose of prevention and protection of trafficking victims. 2. Collaborative Action Research ∙ ILO International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO‐IPEC) Action Research ∙ Collaboration of ILO Mekong Subregional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women and UN Inter‐agency project to combat trafficking in children and Women on project titled “Labour migration and trafficking within the Greater Mekong Subregion” (2001) ∙ ILO Mekong Sub regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women (2003 2008). There are many sub‐projects to investigate trafficked cases in different parts of the countries in the Mekong Sub region. This project is essential in bringing about bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on Trafficking of Children and Women between partner countries within the Mekong Sub-region. 3. Memorandum of Understandings Memorandum of Understandings are tools to adopt at national, bilateral and multi‐lateral or regional levels. Ⅳ. National level To combat human trafficking problem, it was found that, in addition to government agencies, non‐government organizations have been playing vital roles in dealing with the issue. However, implementing agencies need to collaborate more systematically. In 2003, two MOUs were signed, i.e., MOU on GO/NGO collaboration, and MOU to support collaboration among NGOs. Regional Cooperation to Prevent Human Trafficking in Asia: The Case of Thailand ❙ 91