Modern slavery in Tajikistan

Dushanbe, Tajikistan (trafficked to Dubai and Istanbul also)., Tajikistan

Djakhon Khilalova was arrested in April. Khilalova, the teenager's adopted mother, was convicted of nine criminal charges. They included human trafficking, forcing a person into prostitution and trafficking in minors. She was handed a 14-year prison sentence for forcing her adopted daughter into prostitution.