Cambodia: Human trafficking cases surge in early 2021 amid economic distress


Chou Bun Eng, permanent vice-chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT). - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, May 11 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): A senior Ministry of Interior official said 85 human trafficking cases were recorded in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 60 cases compared to the same period last year.

Chou Bun Eng, permanent vice-chair of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT), said on May 11 that last year saw only 25 cases of transnational human trafficking.

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