Throughout Southeast Asia, it is estimated that some 300,000 women and children are involved in the sex trade
Over 80,000 women and children have been sold into Thailand sex industry since 1990
In Thailand, trafficking is a Bt500 billion annual business, which is 50%- 60% of the government's annual budget and more lucrative than the drug trade
Girls as young as 8-12 years old are forced to service men in the Thai sex industry
...some, forced to have sex with 5-10 different men. In one night.
Extreme poverty causes many families to sell their daughters into the trade for only $50 to $200
70% of prostitutes and 50% of child prostitutes are HIV positive
Victims are forced to perform sex acts and undergo physical and mental abuse, alcoholism, drug addiction, and sometimes death
Large numbers of women and children from neighbouring countries are lured into prostitution and trafficked through the four Thai borders...one being Chiang Rai
Child trafficking will only increase in Thailand due to the Asian economic crisis
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Very distressing statistics....I just finished a book called The Road of Lost Innocence about trafficking in Cambodia. More research before our trip. Let's get together soon ok to do some planning.
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