Human trafficking in Myanmar - Wikipedia
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.
Myanmar’s Criminal Zones: A Growing Threat to Global Security
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.
Exclusive: Inside the Chinese-Run Crime Hubs of Myanmar that …
Jul 22, 2023 · From Shwe Kokko to KK Park, a slew of brutal criminal enterprises now dot the Moei River that forms Myanmar’s border with Thailand; Survivors, ensnared by promises of legitimate work, spoke to This Week in Asia of trafficking, torture – and being forced to defraud strangers online
Myanmar among worst places for human trafficking, US report …
Jun 28, 2018 · 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 Trafficking in...
Combating Human Trafficking in Myanmar - The Borgen Project
Jul 17, 2022 · Myanmar has been a hotbed for human trafficking for years due to political instability, natural disasters and internal ethnic infighting leading to a massive lack of opportunity for its populace. Since the coup took place, the number …
Burma - United States Department of State
As reported over the past five years, human traffickers subject men, women, and children to forced labor, and women and children to sex trafficking, both in Burma and abroad. There have also been limited reports of traffickers transporting foreign victims through Burma en route to other countries in Asia.
Myanmar scammers agree to stop forced labor after actor rescued
6 days ago · The ethnic Karen militia force based on Myanmar’s border with Thailand is suspected of enabling extensive internet fraud, human trafficking, forced labor and other crimes, and is being enriched ...
Chinese actor’s abduction to Myanmar sign of growing diversity …
Jan 14, 2025 · Chen, a Chinese national who withheld his full name for security concerns, toldRadio Free Asia in 2023 that he was a trafficking victim in a scam compound in Myanmar, and that there were at least ...
Traffickers switch to Myanmar after China erects border fence | Human …
May 24, 2023 · Blue Dragon has recently reported a sharp rise in the number of Vietnamese women being trafficked into Myanmar. Human trafficking patterns are shifting in part due to a huge fence China has...
During 2023, intensifying armed conflict and economic hardship fuelled widespread protection and trafficking risks for the people of Myanmar. Young people, women and girls, and migrant workers faced heightened risks of sex traficking, forced marriage, and forced labour.
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