Trafficking in forced labour on the rise

Radio Australia: Asia Pacific

June 22, 2011 


'This week, the Phnom Penh Post newspaper ran the story of seven Cambodian men who were trafficked to Malaysia and worked on a fishing boat in slave-like conditions. 

Their passports were taken and they worked long hours in dangerous conditions.

One of the men later told a lawyer the boat owner would get drunk, make the men lie on the deck of the boat and would shoot at them for fun. If someone was shot, they'd be thrown in the water to drown.

While trafficking is often associated with women and forced prostitution it's estimated that for every person trafficked into prostitution, another nine are trafficked into forced labour. 



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