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Human trafficking is a major and complex societal issue in Myanmar, which is both a source and destination for human trafficking. Both major forms of human trafficking, namely forced labor and forced prostitution, are common in the country, affecting men, women, and children.
Jun 28, 2018 · CNN — Myanmar has joined China, Syria and South Sudan as being among the countries doing least to tackle human trafficking, according to the US State Department’s latest annual...
Jan 3, 2019 · Learn how UN Women and its local partner Htoi support survivors of birth trafficking and provide them with legal aid, vocational training and livelihood opportunities. Read the stories of Khawng Nu and Mun Pan, who were trafficked from Myanmar to China and rescued by Htoi.
Jul 22, 2023 · Interpol issued its first global warning on “human trafficking-fuelled fraud” in June, the same month that the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons 2023 report highlighted Thailand’s growing role as a “transit country” for people trafficked to Myanmar for “cyber scam operations” – a reputation Thai authorities likely ...
Nov 9, 2022 · International media and law enforcement are waking up to a new post-COVID trend in transnational crime: the proliferation of criminally run zones in Myanmar and across Southeast Asia, and an explosion of human trafficking for labor in these ungoverned enclaves.
Jan 3, 2019 · Tackling human trafficking in Myanmar. In 2005, Myanmar passed an anti-trafficking law, but trafficking is still rampant in the conflict-affected state, especially in the northern region, where it borders China.
Aug 23, 2022 · Threats to human security in Myanmar have spread to the region as observed by the outflow of refugees, human trafficking of women and children, drug smuggling and so on. Foreigners have...
