2006/9/22
KUALA LUMPUR, AFP

Police have rescued hundreds of Asian women in recent years who have been trafficked into Malaysia and forced into prostitution, the country's police chief said Thursday.
Inspector-General of Police, Musa Hassan, said the women were from countries including Indonesia, China, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam, with Indonesians making up the highest numbers.

Contact: Patrick Creamer for the House Committee on International Relations, 202-225-3765

News Advisory:

BACKGROUND: Vice-Chairman Chris Smith (R-N.J.), will preside over a hearing of the House International Relations Committee on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006 at 10 a.m. to examine private, governmental and intergovernmental efforts to eradicate human trafficking.

Friday, September 15, 2006 · Last updated 1:20 a.m. PT

By ANDREW GLAZER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Ngoc Bich Nguyen's mother was lured far from Vietnam by the promise of a high-paying factory job that she hoped would allow both of her daughters to attend college.

Instead, she ended up in a Samoan sweatshop, a victim of smugglers who enslaved her and about 250 other desperate women from China and Vietnam.

New Delhi, Sept 10: India has emerged as a key destination and transit point for global trafficking of women and girls, a UN report has said.

(29-08-2006)
HA NOI — Over 100 Vietnamese and Chinese children voiced their concerns over cross border trafficking at a first-ever joint children’s forum between the two countries in Ha Noi yesterday.