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...
Tackling human trafficking in Myanmar - UN Women
Jan 3, 2019 · Khawng Nu, now 24, was duped by a woman from her rural village in Myanmar, who sent her to a birth trafficking ring in China. Photo: UN Women/Stuart Mannion. Khawng Nu* was 22 years old when she was trafficked from the state of Kachin, northern Myanmar, to China.
6,000+ held captive in Myanmar’s human trafficking networks: …
Jan 10, 2025 · A report from the Civil Society Network for Victim Assistance in Human Trafficking, released on Tuesday, revealed that more than 6,000 people from 21 countries are being held captive in Myanmar.
6,000-plus held captive in Myanmar’s human trafficking …
Jan 11, 2025 · BANGKOK/YANGON (The Nation Thailand/ANN): A report from the Civil Society Network for Victim Assistance in Human Trafficking, released on Tuesday, revealed that more than 6,000 people from 21 ...
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.
extremely vulnerable to human trafficking. Many of them migrate to escape economic hardships and limited opportunities in Myanmar, while others are fleeing from human rights violations, forced labor or minority repression. Although Burmese are trafficked to other Asian countries, such as China, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Korea and Macau, the primary