On April 28, 2009 a girl was abandoned in a hospital in Bangkok by a friend of her mother. According to the medical report, she was born on April 12, 2009. After checking her and at request of authorities, she was sent from the hospital to Pakkred Babies’ Home, a public residential establishment where abandoned children are cared for from birth to five years of age, where she grew up with other babies.

On February 8, 2010, her parents came to the shelter to find her daughter. The officers of Pakkred Babies’ Home sent the girl and the parents to the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Police Hospital, Royal Thai Police, in Bangkok Thailand (www.ifm.go.th). Royal Thai Police participates in the DNA - Prokids program, (www.dna-prokids.org) initiative of the University of Granada, Spain and the University of North Texas, USA.

This initiative pushes for the use of DNA testing in the fight against all forms of child trafficking and seeks to establish an international network of forensic DNA laboratories that could share information, scientific expertise and resources.

The Royal Thai police used DNA profiling protocol, created by DNA Prokids. Using DNA, they reunited the girl to their parents.

DNA-Prokids gets its first positive result in Thailand, after its recent introduction in this country. The case adds to 230 children already reunited in Guatemala. Mexico, Honduras, Philippines, Sri Lanka, etc.