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Houston woman worried for sister reportedly held as sex slave in Russia
By Lise Olsen
February 23, 2013 11:30 AM
Houston Chronicle
The cries for help arrived via international phone calls from Moscow to Houston.
They came from Huynh Thi Be-Huong in the last week who was reaching out to her sister, using the cellphone of a couple who she claims forced her to work as a sex slave at a Russian brothel for more than a year.
The couple, she said, was holding her hostage after she briefly escaped and reported them to the police, according to documents and interviews with human rights officials in Houston who are investigating the case.
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The ultimate betrayal human trafficking in Vietnam
Luke Dale-Harris
Huffing Post, UK
Posted: January 07, 2013 15:00
Sunk into the mountain range that connects Vietnam to China sits the Vietnamese border town of Lao Cai. A sprawling concrete mess, the town has shot up over the last few decades in response to the increasing amount of trade between the two countries, luring in people from the surrounding mountains looking for an alternative livelihood to farming. Living in stark contrast to the farming communities they have left behind, the open market seems to have bought a better standard of life.
In a small building tucked down an alleyway, the girls at the Lao Cai shelter for Victims of Human Trafficking hold a different perspective. All recently returned from China, they wait for a position to open up in one of Vietnam's more permanent shelters. For many of them, they can't return home and, with a constant influx of new returnees, they can't stay here for long.
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Boycott “blood cashews” from Vietnam
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June 13, 2012
Coalition to Abolish Modern-day Slavery in Asia (CAMSA) calls on consumers around the globe to boycott cashews exported by Vietnam because they are a product of modern-day slavery.
Human Rights Watch, in its publication titled “The Rehab Archipelago,” reports that forced labor has been used in drug rehabilitation centers across Vietnam, where inmates have to husk and peel cashews, working six to seven hours a day for $3 a month. According to the report, between 2000 and 2010, over 309,000 people passed through 56 drug detention centers in Vietnam. Cashew export brings in 1.5 billion US dollars a year for Vietnam.
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In Vietnamese village, stitching the wounds of human trafficking
New York Times
August 16, 2011
HOP TIEN, Vietnam — Rare visitors to Hop Tien often catch a first glimpse of this sleepy village in a blur as they career, white-knuckled, around a hairpin turn high in the mountains above.
What they do not see as they glance over the ruggedly beautiful territories of northern Vietnam is the ostracism of many women in this region, and the enterprising determination of one woman who has begun to fight against it.
Over a decade ago, human traffickers descended on this seemingly forgotten slice of soaring limestone crags and lush valleys to snatch up women and children and sell them over the border in China, less than four miles away.
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Who is being trafficked in Vietnam?
United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) Vietnam
Human trafficking affects women, men and children in Vietnam. Trafficked persons experience various difficulties ranging from physical and mental health issues, to economic and social reintegration issues.
There are various vulnerability factors to human trafficking and usually no single factor brings about the vulnerability of a person. Women and girls are considered more vulnerable to trafficking than men due to unequal gender relations and social and economic power , but it is important to recognize the agency both women and men exert in the migration process and the special needs of children in making that decision.
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