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It is reported in  the State Department's Trafficking in Person's Report (TIP Report), Taiwan is ranked as a Tier 2 and on the Watch List. Ranked as a Tier 2 and on the watch list means that the Taiwanese government "does not fully comply with the Act’s minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards."

In the same report, the State Department indicates that, "Taiwan is primarily a destination for men, women, and children trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation. Women from the P.R.C. and Southeast Asian countries are trafficked to Taiwan for sexual exploitation and forced labor, Women and children, primarily from Vietnam are trafficked to Taiwan through the use of fraudulent marriages, deceptive employment offers, and illegal smuggling for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor."

Những Vị Anh Hùng Hành Động Để Chấm Dứt Tình Trạng Nô Lệ Hiện Đại
Linh Mục Nguyễn Văn Hùng, Giám Đốc Văn Phòng Công Nhân Lao Động và Cô Dâu Đài Loan

Cha Hùng và nhân viên của Văn Phòng Công Nhân Lao Động và Cô Dâu Đài Loan (VMWBO) đã giúp đỡ hơn 2000 nạn nhân Việt Nam thoát khỏi cảnh khủng khiếp của sự bóc lột lao động và tình dục từ năm 2004.

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Taiwan-  A man who had been on a train that derailed, killing his wife, committed suicide after police revealed that he was a suspect in the case. One of the prime suspects in the sabotage that caused a recent train derailment -- who in a Hitchcock-esque twist was also the husband of the only woman who died in the incident -- hanged himself yesterday, police said.

Một phụ nữ Việt Nam, cô Trần Thị Hồng Thắm, lấy chồng Ðài Loan đã thiệt mạng sau một tai nạn xe lửa tại Ðài Loan hôm 17 tháng Ba năm 2006. Tuy nhiên cơ quan điều tra đang nghi vấn cô đã bị người chồng đầu độc để lấy tiền bảo hiểm. Bài viết dưới đây được trích từ VietCatholic News hôm 8 tháng Tư năm 2006.

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Taipei Times,

Sunday, Apr 02, 2006, Page 3
Police in southern Vietnam arrested a Taiwanese man on suspicion of masterminding a prostitution and human trafficking ring masquerading as a marriage brokerage, local newspapers reported yesterday.

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The Vietnamese Migrant Workers and Brides Office (VMWBO) runs three shelters. The shelters are established to provide refuge for brides as well as migrant workers. Residents include victims of labor exploitations and sexual abuses as well as brides who are abused by their husbands and/or in-laws.   Read More...

CHUNGLI, Taiwan (AP) ? Sanukorn Chanchana works 70 hour weeks at a minimum?wage job in northern Taiwan, but when his contract expires in May, he intends to sign up for another three?year stint far from home and family.   Read More...

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