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- German gets 15 years for Cambodia child sex abuse.
Reuters, 13 March 2008.
A Cambodian court sentenced a German man to 15 years in jail on Thursday for the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl, the latest foreigner to be caught in the southeast Asian nation's drive to stop child sex tourism.
- Cambodia, a 'haven' for sex offenders.
Independent Online, 13 March 2008. Dozens of foreigners have been jailed for child sex crimes or deported to face trial in their home countries since Cambodia launched an anti-paedophilia push in 2003 in a bid to shake off its reputation as a haven for sex predators.
- Demand for virgins brings girls into Cambodian sex trade at young age. International Herald Tribune, 14 September 2007.
Cambodian men demanding young virgins as prostitutes is fueling the entry of underage women into the country's commercial sex trade, according to a report by a humanitarian group.
- Cambodia cracks human trafficking ring.
Bangkok Post, 10 September 2007
Cambodian police said Tuesday they had cracked a major human trafficking ring involving Sri Lankan and Pakistani nationals involved in shipping people to third countries via Cambodia.
- Cambodia launches national task force for combating human trafficking. International Herald Tribune, 6 April 2007.
Cambodia launched a national task force Friday to fight against human trafficking, a growing problem in the poor Southeast Asian nation where job opportunities are limited.
- Model National Plan of Action Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, ECPAT, 2008
- Database Report On Trafficking & Rape In Cambodia, 2005-2006, NGO Joint Statistics Project, 2008
- Violence Against Women in Cambodia Report 2006, LICADHO - Cambodian League For The Promotion And Defense Of Human Rights, 2007
- "As if They Were Watching My Body": Pornography and the Development of Attitudes Towards Sex and Sexual Behaviour among Cambodian Youth, World Vision, Cambodia, 2006
- Stop violence against us!: summary report: a preliminary national research study into the prevalence and perceptions of Cambodian children to violence against children in Cambodia, Tearfund, 2006
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