"Woman linked to human trafficking case in 2014", 23 September 2019

Tboung Khmum Provincial Court ... charged and jailed a woman suspected of being involved in the trafficking of three minors to China ...

Major Nuth Pov, an officer with the provincial anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department, ... said that ..., the suspect allegedly persuaded impoverished families in Dambe district’s Dambe commune to vend three minors for marriage to men in China.

Maj Pov said the suspect gave parents $3,000 for each victim.

“After the victims arrived in China, they were sold to work as karaoke girls,” he said. “They were forced to have sex with clients without payment.”

... He added that after years on the run, police finally arrested the suspect at her home ... before she was sent to court the following day. She was charged with unlawful removal of a minor under the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. The suspect could be jailed for up to five years if convicted...

He said the suspect at large allegedly paid the victims’ parents through Ms Vann, and arranged passports, visas and other travel documents for the victims.