…Many [accounts in the US report are of] foreign migrants who report being forced into labor or prostitution; some face physical abuse or even death…The downgrade means Thailand could see the withdrawal of non-humanitarian U.S. assistance, and its opposition to funding from international institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund…According to the State Department, Thailand's efforts to address trafficking are being hampered by "corruption at all levels."…It also warned that the use of harsh criminal defamation laws to prosecute those who researched or reported on trafficking "may have discouraged efforts" to combat the practice…"We're concerned about the Rohingya -- the refugees and asylum seekers. We are concerned that some of them have been subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor," said CdeBaca [the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons]…