10/27/2010
By Dennis Atienza Maliwanag
Inquirer Global Nation (The Philippines)
BANGKOK, Thailand — At least 15,000 people from Mekong were trafficked in 2009 with 71 percent of cases documented in China, data from the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking showed.
A total of 10,824 trafficked people were rescued in China during a nine-month drive in 2009 to curb human trafficking in the world’s second largest economy, according to the Chinese Ministry of Security.
A study by the International Labour Organisation found that forced prostitution, labor, and even forced begging were the key sectors of employment for trafficking victims in China, said UNIAP.
“Women and children may also be victims of forced marriages or illegal adoption,” it said.
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