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Apr 11, 2022 · Cambodian police have rescued 16 Malaysians held captive in Sihanoukville on the south coast, where they were forced to work in online scam operations after being fooled by human traffickers ...
lucrative than drug smuggling. In fact, some say, trafficking in human beings is. surpassed only by the oil industry in magnitude and revenue. In Cambodia, women and men, children and old people alike are trafficked every day. Some are abducted and sold into forms of slavery for as little as $30. Others pay.
Sex trafficking in Cambodia is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery that occurs in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Cambodia is a country of origin, destination and transit for sex trafficked persons. Sex trafficking victims in the country are from all ethnic groups in Cambodia and foreigners. Cambodian citizens ...
The government maintained inadequate law enforcement efforts; official complicity remained a significant concern. The 2008 Law on the Suppression of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking and prescribed penalties of seven to 15 years’ imprisonment for offenses involving an adult victim and 15 to 20 years’ imprisonment for ...
Since 2003, we have partnered with local authorities rescue 500 victims of trafficking and have secured the convictions of 193 trafficking perpetrators. A 2013 study found that the prevalence of children being sold in establishments in Sihanoukville, Siem Reap, and Phnom Penh dropped dramatically over the past decade of IJM’s work.
Aug 16, 2022 · The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new initiative to support Cambodia’s criminal justice responders investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes today. The new initiative - to be overseen by the International Justice Mission (IJM) - is a part of USAID’s Cambodia Countering Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) activity, implemented by Winrock International ...
As reported over the past five years, human traffickers subject Cambodian men, women, and children to forced labor and sex trafficking in Cambodia and abroad. They also subject victims from other countries to trafficking in Cambodia, and they use Cambodia as a transit point to subject victims from other countries to trafficking elsewhere in Asia.
