Cambodia Offers Best Practices Against Trafficking

8 March 2014

Cambodia has provided examples of “best practices” in the fight against human trafficking. A senior officer in the Security Cooperation Division at the ASEAN Secretariat said the ASEAN convention on trafficking is scheduled to be ratified by the end of 2015, and Cambodia has offered some best-practice examples.

In Cambodia, once a victim is rescued and identified and before prosecution begins, they can return from a shelter to their homes. In other Asean member states, victims generally had to stay at shelters until their court hearings, which gives them a feeling of being confined and hinders rehabilitation.

In any event, corruption remained the main issue when it comes to fighting traffickers in ASEAN.

Source:
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-offers-best-practices-against-trafficking-53731/