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19 Oct 2014

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Vice News

Video - Cambodia: "From Sex Workers to Human Trafficking: The High Cost of Cheap Clothes"

Cambodia's aggressive anti-trafficking campaign is designed to rescue and rehabilitate sex workers. But many women say authorities in Cambodia are actually forcing them into a trade where conditions and pay are even worse: making clothing for Western brands. VICE News traveled to Phnom Penh to speak with former and current sex workers, officials, and labor organizers to investigate what is happening to those swept up in the country’s trafficking crackdown. [refers to H&M, Old Navy (part of Gap), Benetton, Russell Athletics (part of Berkshire Hathaway)]