Focus on Human Trafficking Shifts From Cambodia to Myanmar

Interpol proves its worth in cross-border rescue operation in the country’s east.

Cambodian authorities were disbelieving when persistent reports began emerging early last year that Chinese organized crime syndicates had established a network of human trafficking operations based largely out of the southern port town of Sihanoukville.

Several foreign embassies – all of them Asian – warned their citizens of the risks associated with traveling to this country and the United States dropped Cambodia to the lowest ranking on its annual Trafficking in Persons Report for failing to “meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.”

Many of those scam operations were established by Chinese criminals who decided not to return to the People’s Republic amid the great exodus as the COVID-19 pandemic was erupting in early 2020.

In full: https://thediplomat.com/2023/02/focus-on-human-trafficking-shifts-from-cambodia-to-myanmar/

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