A sex trafficking case from 2023 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. 1 source on file.
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Hill tribe women from Chiang Rai province trafficked to entertainment venues. Exploited stateless status and lack of citizenship documents. Accused: Thai entertainment venue operators.
Thailand DSIT anti-trafficking division. Venue operators arrested; women received temporary protection. Baan Kru Nam Foundation.
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Kru Nam, a Thai artist, discovered through a painting exercise with street children that many were trafficked victims from Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, sold or lured into Chiang Mai's sex brothels and karaoke clubs. She personally walked into bars to rescue children, eventually freeing over 125 kids from captivity. Her story, told in David Batstone's book "Not For Sale," became the founding project of the Not For Sale Campaign and grew into Baan Kru Nam, an ongoing NFS partnership in Mae Sai. Accused: Bar and karaoke club owners in Chiang Mai exploiting trafficked children for sex tourism.
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She has the sweetest face, the biggest smile. You’d never know the heartache hidden in her heart. Her name is Manee, just 6 years old when she came into HE this year. She came in so hungry for hugs and love. Both were sadly lacking in her family. She has the sweetest face, the biggest smile. You’d never know the heartache hidden in her heart. She is so tiny – it is hard to imagine someone wanting to beat someone so little, so defenseless. Her mother is not there to defend her as during the day, she is hired to work in someone else’s fields. Manee’s future looked bleak, until HE came to her village. After assessing the needs, after talk and more talk with the mother and stepfather, Manee was released into the care of HE A safe place at last for a tiny little girl with a wounded heart. That’s Manee.
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Fortunately a teacher discovered what was going on and she helped her to find a way out.