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Sisters, Reps. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., left, and Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif, pose during a re-enactment of their swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)In an exclusive interview with VOA Khmer, US Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a Democratic congresswoman from California said she had wanted to look into the issues of human trafficking, especially sex trafficking.
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington
Monday, 19 April 2010
US Rep. Loretta Sanchez, a Democratic congresswoman from California, recently returned from a fact-finding trip to Cambodia. In an exclusive interview with VOA Khmer, Sanchez said she had wanted to look into the issues of human trafficking, especially sex trafficking.
“Cambodia is a destination,” she said. “That means that Westerners, including US citizens, go to Cambodia for the sex trade. Mostly because they can afford it—you know, because people are poor there—they use their money to buy in particular children and young women…to have sex with.”
In its attempt to curtail the crime, the US has helped Cambodia strengthen its laws, she said.
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