Facts

 

• A 2005 report estimated that 2,000 victims in Cambodia have been trafficked into sexual exploitation, approximately 80 percent of whom were Vietnamese women and girls.
• The Cambodian Government was placed in the Tier 2 Watch List in the 2007 U.S.
• Under Cambodian law, the penalty for trafficking in persons under the age of 15 is 15-20 years of imprisonment.
• In 2006, 13 foreign child sex tourists were arrested by the Cambodian police but only three were convicted.

Source: http://www.humantrafficking.org/countries/cambodia

• Massage parlors and karaoke bars are frequently fronts for prostitution rings
• Prostitution is illegal in Cambodia
• There are 10,000 to 20,000 women and children in prostitution in Phnom Penh, a city of 1 million
• 35% of prostitutes in Cambodia are under the age of 18
• 40-50% the prostitutes in Cambodian are HIV positive

Source: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/cambodia.htm

Picture from: http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/item/ethical_traveler_takes_on_child_sex_trafficking_in_cambodia_20070829/