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Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Human trafficking has become a global problem. Millions of people become victims through entrapment and exploitation. In this in-depth series, RFA reporters go into the heart of Asia's human trafficking business to document cases of this form of modern slavery.

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Episodes (9)

Slavery at Sea

Drawings by Prum Vannak - Vannak is a Cambodian survivor of human trafficking. His story is one of extreme poverty and what people do to take care of their families. Most of them don't live to tell us their stories. Vannak is part of a lucky few.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usJune 13, 2012

A Cameraman's Journal

24 million people are enslaved in Asia. RFA traveled to faraway places to expose slavery. This journal reveals the private thoughts of the cameraman. He is an experienced professional. Yet what he saw during this assignment "changed him forever."

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usMarch 21, 2012

New Roads to Trafficking

In remote parts of Southeast Asia new roads are seen as a sign of prosperity. But for people living there they often open pathways to exploitation.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usFebruary 21, 2012

Beyond Borders

Cambodian men and boys in search of work fall prey to the dark world of international fishing.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usFebruary 03, 2012

China's Trade in Babies

Between a strong demand from overseas adoptive parents and the willingness of Chinese families to abandon their child - particularly if they are girls - a lucrative market is striving.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usJanuary 13, 2012

In Search of Lost Children

Our reporters join Chinese parents looking for their abducted children. The parents try to recruit the help of the police, only to find that law enforcement agents are accomplices.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usNovember 16, 2011

North Korean Mothers

I wanted to feed them warm rice,' says a North Korean woman who though she was going to get a job by defecting to China. Instead she was forcibly married to an 'unmarriageable' man.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usNovember 10, 2011

Traffickers Target Refugee Camps

In the second part of a series on human trafficking and modern slavery, our reporters speak to Burmese residents of a refugee camp in Thailand. Many of these refugees are forced to take dangerous work through traffickers to feed their families.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usSeptember 30, 2011

The Child Soldiers of Burma

In a new series on human trafficking and modern slavery, our reporters speak to young survivors of forced and brutal military service inside Burma. For these lucky few who escape, the ordeal is not over.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

en-usAugust 03, 2011

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