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What happened
Kazakhstan identified 14 female sex-trafficking victims during the reporting period, including adult women and children. Traffickers exploit women and girls from Kazakhstan and neighboring Central Asian countries in sex trafficking. Victims are often recruited through fraudulent employment offers, including offers to work as waitresses, models or nannies, increasingly through social media and other online channels. Accused: Central Asian trafficking network.
Response and intervention
Kazakh police anti-trafficking unit. Network disrupted; victims referred to shelters. Sana Sezim crisis center Kazakhstan.