Human trafficking is a major and complex societal issue in Myanmar, which is both a source and destination for human trafficking. Both major forms of human trafficking, namely forced labor and forced prostitution, are common in the country, affecting men, women, and children.

Nov 9, 2022 · International media and law enforcement are waking up to a new post-COVID trend in transnational crime: the proliferation of criminally run zones in Myanmar and across Southeast Asia, and an explosion of human trafficking for labor in these ungoverned enclaves.

Jun 28, 2018 · Myanmar has joined China, Syria and South Sudan as being among the countries doing least to tackle human trafficking, according to the US State Department’s latest annual Trafficking in...

Jul 22, 2023 · From Shwe Kokko to KK Park, a slew of brutal criminal enterprises now dot the Moei River that forms Myanmar’s border with Thailand; Survivors, ensnared by promises of legitimate work, spoke to This Week in Asia of trafficking, torture – and being forced to defraud strangers online

Jan 10, 2025 · A report from the Civil Society Network for Victim Assistance in Human Trafficking, released on Tuesday, revealed that more than 6,000 people from 21 countries are being held captive in Myanmar.

Jul 17, 2022 · Myanmar has been a hotbed for human trafficking for years due to political instability, natural disasters and internal ethnic infighting leading to a massive lack of opportunity for its populace. Since the coup took place, the number …

Jan 3, 2019 · Khawng Nu, now 24, was duped by a woman from her rural village in Myanmar, who sent her to a birth trafficking ring in China. Photo: UN Women/Stuart Mannion. Khawng Nu* was 22 years old when she was trafficked from the state of Kachin, northern Myanmar, to China.

extremely vulnerable to human trafficking. Many of them migrate to escape economic hardships and limited opportunities in Myanmar, while others are fleeing from human rights violations, forced labor or minority repression. Although Burmese are trafficked to other Asian countries, such as China, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Korea and Macau, the primary

Jan 3, 2019 · Khawng Nu, now 24, was duped by a woman from her rural village in Myanmar, who sent her to a birth trafficking ring in China. Photo: UN Women/Stuart Mannion. Khawng Nu* was 22 years old when she was trafficked from the state of Kachin, northern Myanmar, to China.

traficking and increased minority insurgency in Myanmar. To answer this question, this paper will first examine the historical background of conflict between minority groups and the Myanmar govern-ment, the extent of human traficking in Myanmar, and how human traficking con.