Friday, March 14, 2008

Child For Sale...

The trafficking of human beings is the recruitment, transportation, harbouring, or receipt of people for the purpose of exploitation. It is estimated to be a $5 to $9 billion-a-year industry. Trafficking victims typically are recruited using coercion, deception, fraud, the abuse of power, or outright abduction. Threats, violence, and economic leverage can often make a victim consent to exploitation.



Last week I was watching TV. Cambodia is truly an exotic vacation destination, with all that ancient cities, it's bold colors and it's legendary temples - it is truly a remarkable beauty! But 11 Kilometers North of Phnom Penh horrendous crimes that go on behind closed doors...

Children, some as young as 5 years old, are being sold as slaves for sex. How could this be happening? And how can it be stopped?

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