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left Bangladesh: A boy
plays with his brother on the
Mohammadpur Embankment.
An annual report (TIP) said
Bangladesh is a source
country for men, women and
children subjected to forced
labour and sex trafficking
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Maiti Nepal Rehabilitation
Center in Kathmandu: About
200 women and children live
at the Rehabilitation Center,
all former sex slaves or
children of sex slaves
The majority
of the victims
detected in South
and East Asia and
the Pacific were
female.
OF VICTIMS WERE TRAFFICKED
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION.
While most of the
trafficking flows affecting
South and East Asia and
the Pacific remain within
the region, the region is
also a significant area
of origin of interregional
trafficking – East Asians
were detected in 64
countries worldwide
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anyway. Many girls end up with HIV/AIDS or other
diseases and require medical treatment they can’t begin
to afford.
According to UNICEF, a child victim of trafficking
is “any person under 18 who is recruited, transferred,
haboured or received for the purpose of exploitation,
either within or outside a country.”
Sex trafficking is one of the hardest crimes to track
and investigate. Child prostitution, sadly, sees the
highest supply of trafficked children. There are many
places in Asia that serve as hotspots for children to be
targeted. In the case of South Asia, most young girls
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COUNTRIES
SEX TRAFFICKING
ACROSS ASIA
THE MIDDLE EAST IS PRIMARILY A DESTINATION
POINT FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING
Source: UNODC, 2012