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The year-old woman, accompanied by her aunt, was walking home after a day harvesting beans in the field. No one has seen or heard from them since. Individuals from both sides of the border are involved in the kidnapping and trafficking of Vietnamese children and women, he said. The number of human trafficking cases uncovered in Vietnam between and increased by More than 2, cases were reported since , in which nearly 4, victims fell prey to traffickers.
About 3, offenders were involved in human trafficking rings in Vietnam. Approximately 70 percent of Vietnamese trafficking victims are taken to China, according to the latest national police report. As soon as she passed the border, Cho was sold. Their mother was rescued with the help of Chinese police.
In China the victims are sold into prostitution, forced labor or marriages with Chinese men who cannot find brides due to a severe shortage of women in the country. The women are more often bought by poor Chinese men to become their brides.
The police also issued warnings about new forms of human trafficking, including illegal trade of infants and fetuses, as well as human organs, in particular kidneys. Vietnam has yet to regulate crimes regarding trafficking in human organs, and thus failed to bring the offenders to court. Human trafficking activities in the sub-Mekong region, including Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, is the most serious in the world in terms of the number of victims.
