By Robert Carmichael
DPA
Phnom Penh - Sok Sopheng was 21 when an employment agent offered him the chance of a job in neighbouring Thailand.
As one of nine children from a small village in rural Cambodia, his prospects were limited. His family owned just half a hectare of land, and his father was ill with beriberi.
Along with three friends, Sok Sopheng (name changed on request to protect identity) decided to cross illegally into Thailand and get the promised factory or construction work paying 110 US dollars a month. The four of them ended up virtually slaved on a fishing boat.
The issue of male trafficking is generally ignored - though that is starting to change.
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