trafficking



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 30, 2021 • 8 min read

Editorial Modern day slavery is alive and well in Southeast Asia

By Matt Friedman • Jul 30, 2021
It is estimated that there are more slaves today than at any time in human history, with the fisheries, brothels and construction sites of Southeast Asia home to some of the worst abuses. On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Mekong Club CEO Matt Friedman highlights the fight to end the practice

Dec 15, 2020 • 9 min read
Migration

Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams, delivers violence and extortion

Boatloads of Rohingya landing across Southeast Asia are victims of complex human trafficking networks run by a dizzying web of players, from crime bosses and corrupt cops to poor fishermen, rickshaw drivers and even Rohingya themselves
By Sam Jahan, Haeril Halim and Peter Brieger/AFP • Dec 15, 2020

Sep 15, 2020 • 2 min read
Human trafficking

Vietnam jails four people over Britain truck tragedy

Vietnam jailed four people on September 14 over their roles in the death of 39 migrants found in a refrigerated truck in Britain last year, state media has announced
By Agence France-Presse • Sep 15, 2020

May 21, 2020 • 8 min read
Drug trafficking

As governments turn to the virus, Southeast Asia’s narcotics trade booms

Southeast Asia's booming narcotics industry has only been given a helping hand in recent months as governments turn their attention to combating Covid-19. With prices dropping and potency rising, the drug trade could be set to hit the region harder than ever
By Andrew Haffner • May 21, 2020

Oct 28, 2019 • 9 min read
Football in Southeast Asia

Fever pitch

From our print archive: While soccer players all over the world aim for Europe's big leagues, many end up struggling to make ends meet in some of Asia's low-budget championships
By Marta Kasztelan • Oct 28, 2019

FROM THE PRINT ARCHIVE
Dec 15, 2018 • 6 min read
Press Freedom

He wanted to expose Cambodia’s virginity trade. Now, he’s in prison

A Cambodian translator helped foreign journalists film a documentary about alleged sex trafficking in the Kingdom. Authorities now claim the film’s subjects said they were paid to be in the film. The translator’s wife, who visited him in prison, tells Southeast Asia Globe that her husband is afraid, sick and innocent
By Matt Surrusco • Dec 15, 2018

Apr 24, 2017 • 7 min read
Whatever happened to

Somaly Mam?

In 2014, Newsweek published a devastating cover story alleging that the high-profile Cambodian anti-trafficking activist had created a web of lies to fund her valiant mission. Southeast Asia Globe investigates the story’s repercussions three years on
By Holly Robertson • Apr 24, 2017

Mar 04, 2014 • 6 min read
Human Trafficking

Sex and the Lion City

Singapore’s image may be squeaky-clean, but its dimly lit back streets swallow up countless girls who are trafficked into the country and exploited
By Joel Cooper • Mar 04, 2014