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Slavery is thought
to be a thing of the past,
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but today, the buying and selling of men,
women, and children...
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...is still rampant across Asia.
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Every day, an average
of more than 5000 human beings...
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...may be bought and sold as property
around the world.
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These modern-day slaves are forced to work
as labourers, beggars, or as prostitutes.
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Robbed of their freedom,
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victims are often physically
and sexually abused.
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For years, criminals have preyed
on the poor and the vulnerable,
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building an underground industry...
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...that has become known
as human trafficking.
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January 20th, 2009.
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Law enforcement agents in Thailand
received a report of forced labour...
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...and illegal confinement involving
an industrial fishing company.
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The agents rush to the scene...
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...and uncover a human trafficking ring
in full operation.
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The fishing boat labourers
were bought and sold...
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...by human trafficking agents,
and locked up until needed.
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A United Nations investigation revealed
that in a single year,
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anywhere between 2 to 12 million people
are bought and sold worldwide...
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...in the multi-billion dollar industry
of human trafficking.
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A crime usually perpetrated
by international syndicates,
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human trafficking is defined
as the recruitment, transportation,
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harbouring, or receiving of people
by means of threat or force...
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...for the purposes of exploitation.
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Victims are often stripped
of their freedom...
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...and subjected to physical abuse.
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Law enforcement agencies
call it modern-day slavery.
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Asia is one of the world's primary sources
of trafficked persons,
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where innocent people are deceived
by promises of honest employment.
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As a buyer and seller of people,
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Johnny's job was to round up villagers
from neighbouring countries...
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...and transport them across borders,
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to be sold as labourers in factories
or on fishing vessels in Thailand.
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The ports and shipyards of Thailand...
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...have become hotbeds
of human trafficking activity,
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where labourers are smuggled
by the hundreds.
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Some men are sold straight...
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...to fishing vessels
or processing facilities,
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while others are taken inland.
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The villagers are exploited
at every step along the journey.
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Human traffickers use deceit
and coercion...
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...to ensure that they get
every dollar out of the villagers...
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...before delivering them
to their final destination.
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Trapped in a foreign country,
with no money and nowhere to go,
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the villagers are now at the mercy
of their employers.
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But as modern-day slaves,
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they are neither cared-for
nor paid the salaries...
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...they were initially promised.
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The current status of human trafficking
in the region...
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...is really alarming
and it's growing day by day.
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A lot of the cases that we are handling,
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we see that wages are not paid
to migrant workers.
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For three months, six months
and even after two years.
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So these are all components
of forced labour,
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which is growing each day.
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And for me the agents,
the recruitment agents...
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...are human traffickers
whom I refer to as a new Mafia...
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...in this whole area of migration
and human trafficking.
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Once the labourers have been delivered
to their new workplaces,
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all their basic human rights
and freedoms disappear.
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All employers hold
the passport of workers...
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...and this puts them in a state
of illegal confinement.
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Victims of human trafficking
have little understanding...
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...of the tasks
they are expected to perform.
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As a result, physical violence
is a regular occurrence.
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But physical brutality
and a lack of freedom...
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...is often just the beginning
of a series of horrors...
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...that a modern-day slave must face
at the hands of a human trafficker.
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For young women
who fall victim to human traffickers,
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a life of sexual exploitation is waiting.
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April 10th, 2011.
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Thai police prepare
to raid a karaoke bar...
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...suspected of involvement
in a human trafficking ring.
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Undercover investigators believe
that numerous underage women...
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...are being forced into prostitution.
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Police identify 48-year-old
Umnuai Kwa Mearngpan,
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the bar manager, as a primary suspect,
along with her two male assistants.
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They are suspected members
of a cross-border criminal organization...
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...that is bringing young women
into Thailand from Cambodia and Laos.
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To gather enough evidence
against the group,
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investigators realize
they will first need to prove...
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...that sex is being sold
in the karaoke bar.
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Several officers enter the establishment,
posing as potential customers.
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In total, 17 underage girls
of Laotian descent...
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...are found to be working in the bar.
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Several girls testify
to being deceived...
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...and subsequently forced
into prostitution.
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Their passports had been taken from them,
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making it impossible for them
to return home.
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Police also find a hand gun,
and 9-millimetre bullets.
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With more than enough evidence,
the officers arrest the three suspects.
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Criminals involved in the buying
and selling of human beings...
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...have found a huge market
for young girls in the sex industry.
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Targeting the lowest rungs of society,
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these predators seek out poor
and uneducated families...
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...with attractive young daughters.
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The human traffickers first approach
the parents of the young women,
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with job offers and cash upfront.
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Her passport was confiscated...
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...and she was told
that she would not be allowed...
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...to leave the premises,
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until the debt to her employers
was repaid.
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With no regard for human life,
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human traffickers have established
a far-reaching network...
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...that victimizes girls like Molly
throughout Southeast Asia.
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The buyers and sellers of these women
consider them to be property.
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True slaves sold into the sex industry.
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The young women are sold
like any other product,
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with prices determined
by the potential earnings of each girl.
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A meeting is arranged
between the human trafficking agent...
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...and the brothel owner
who is in need of young women.
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Once these young women
find themselves cut off...
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from their families and friends,
with no way out,
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there is little they can do,
but follow orders.
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From men to young women,
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law enforcement agents now revealed...
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...that children are being targeted
by criminal syndicates.
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An entirely new form of human trafficking
never seen before in Southeast Asia.
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The illegal trafficking of people...
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...is an industry valued
at 39 billion US dollars globally.
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For the career criminal,
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it's a potential source of revenue
that cannot be ignored.
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Not even children are safe.
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In recent years, a disturbing pattern
has been uncovered by investigators.
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On the 23rd of June, 2011,
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two Cambodian nationals,
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32-year-old Lumyord and his wife,
22-year-old Linda Yord,
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are arrested and charged
with human trafficking.
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Both man and wife confessed
to being a part of a syndicate...
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...that had been operating for years,
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ruining the lives
of countless innocent children.
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The investigation that eventually brought
Mr and Mrs Yord down,
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began with a reported
suspicious behaviour...
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...involving street beggars.
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Investigators learn
that the married couple had acquired...
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...a 12-year-old blind boy
from his parents in Cambodia.
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The traffickers then smuggled him
to Thailand,
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where the helpless child was forced to beg
in the streets of various markets.
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Working with Thai police,
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the agents began to build their case
against the suspected human traffickers.
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During a stake-out,
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officers capture rare video
surveillance footage...
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...depicting exactly
how these begging syndicates operate.
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As they move from one market to another,
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the blind child is forced to hide
in a side car of a motorcycle...
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...to avoid detection by authorities.
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The video is the last piece of evidence
needed to warrant an arrest.
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Following the arrest of Mr and Mrs Yord,
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police turned their attention
to the handicapped child.
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The boy's natural parents
back in Cambodia...
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...were deemed unfit to care for him
by authorities.
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Instead, the child was left
in the custody of a local shelter.
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For a young child who is taken from home
and is exploited by human traffickers,
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the trauma can be severe.
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Thousands of children go missing
every year in Southeast Asia,
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never to be returned
to their families again.
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For those that survived,
the scars can last a lifetime.
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"Julie" was taken from her family
in Cambodia...
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...when she was just 5 years old.
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An agent offered her mother
several hundred US dollars...
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...in exchange for the right
to take her to Thailand.
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Now, 10 years after being forced
to beg in the streets,
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the pain is still fresh in her mind.
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Child begging syndicates...
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...are among the most difficult
of all human trafficking cases...
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...for authorities to deal with.
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Fuelled by the good will of humanity,
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few people realize that giving money
to child beggars...
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...won't get them off the streets
or lead them to have better lives.
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Instead, begging can strengthen
criminal organizations...
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...that profit from the exploitation
of innocent children.
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Police and independent law
enforcement agencies...
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...have cracked down hard
on human trafficking syndicates...
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...across Southeast Asia in recent years.
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Many have been arrested.
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In Malaysia, authorities have begun
to dismantle...
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...cross-border illegal networks,
one criminal at a time.
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As a former broker
in a human trafficking ring,
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"Helmi" was caught selling
men and women by police...
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...and served five years behind bars.
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With the growing cooperation
of police agencies,
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more and more human traffickers
are being thrown behind bars.
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In addition to human trafficking charges,
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those arrested may be accused
of a combination of crimes...
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...ranging from syndicated criminality,
forced labour, illegal confinement,
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and kidnapping.
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Steep prison terms are given
to convicted human traffickers,
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which vary from country to country.
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Criminals operating
in human trafficking rings...
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...have demonstrated a brazen disregard
for human life.
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But justice has a way
of awakening criminals...
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...to the damage they've caused.
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Not just to their victims,
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but to themselves
and to their own families.
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