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Surrogate Mother And Accomplices Jailed

Phnom Penh: The Ministry of Interior’s anti-human trafficking and juvenile protection department said on July 18, 2019 that three Cambodian women were sentenced by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Judge on a charge under article 16 of the Law on Anti-trafficking and Sexual Exploitation.

Three Cambodian women involved in the surrogacy case for an unnamed Chinese customer were returned to Cambodia after being caught on the Vietnam-China border.

The case went to court on Thursday 16 July 2019 for inquiries questioning.

1 / Seng Chenda, 32 years old, residing in Toul Peich commune, Ang Snoul district, Kandal province.

2 / Phoun Sin Sinoun, 32 years old, residing at the same village / commune.

3 / Sath Saroun, 31 years old.

According to Seng Chenda, in October 2018, she went to the home of Phoun, who lives in the same village, and persuaded her to surrogate for Chinese in Phnom Penh for $8,000 paid for the baby.

Later, on October 11, 2018, Phoun Sinnoeun arrived in Phnom Penh and met with several Chinese people with translators.

On October 25, 2018, Chinese doctors examined the suspect and artificially inseminated her. On June 12, 2019, the Chinese brought her to Phnom Penh, arranged a passport and paid her $ 2,000.

Then, on June 29, 2019, the translator called her to Phnom Penh to prepare her baby. When she was in a car traveling to Vietnam, she saw two Chinese women, and Sam Sarun, also known as Da, who was hired to take care of the baby and the surrogate.

When traveling to Bavet, a Chinese man controlled all the money and payments. Then they proceeded by taxi to the Ho Chi Minh City train station and took two days to reach Hanoi.

There, another Chinese man who arranged to continue the journey to the border was arrested by Vietnamese authorities, including Khmer Chinese and Vietnamese runners. On July 9, 2019, the Cambodians were deported.

The three are being charged under Article 16 of the Anti Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Act. Then, Judge Vann Sethun issued a warrant for the detention of the three defendants.

*Nothing has yet been mentioned on the fate of the baby involved.

http://kampucheathmey.com/2016/archives/1082224

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pip khmer cowgirl

Wonder what happened to the baby?

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John_Galt

Crazy story. 

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mollydooker

Chinese are only getting started ....their lawlessness will really become out of control ....they are causing many problems here in the Philippines already ...

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andy
7 hours ago, mollydooker said:

Chinese are only getting started

 

Could not agree with you more there on the subject of the crime to come, and I don't think this country will be able to do anything too control the crime

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andy
19 hours ago, mollydooker said:

lawlessness will really become out of control

 

To add to the growing problems in SE Asia.

 

Pills, pangolins and purses

Despite the best efforts of law enforcement agencies and border management officials, organised crime is as rampant as ever in Southeast Asia.

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Apart from the thriving drug trade – the methamphetamine market alone is now estimated to be worth up to US$61 billion annually – human trafficking, migrant smuggling and the illegal wildlife trade are among the other pressing challenges which continue to plague the region according to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released yesterday.

Timber trafficking, the production of counterfeit goods and falsified medicines were identified as criminal syndicates’ other high profit endeavours in the report titled ‘Transnational Organized Crime in Southeast Asia: Evolution, Growth and Impact’. The 179-page report is the most comprehensive study of organised crime in Southeast Asia by the United Nations (UN) in over five years.

Corrupt officials, weak governance and poor border controls help facilitate organised crime in Southeast Asia, and initiatives to boost connectivity have allowed transnational organised crime groups to expand their illicit enterprises alongside growing legitimate commercial flows.

“Like any business, transnational criminal enterprises seek out conditions that are good for the bottom line, and in Southeast Asia conditions have been favourable,” noted Jeremy Douglas, UNODC Regional Representative.

“The fact is that while law enforcement and border management in the region are robust in some jurisdictions, they are effectively not functioning in others, and limited cross-border cooperation and corruption are serious problems – key enabling factors for transnational organised crime are unfortunately in-place,” he added.

While the UNODC noted that methamphetamine production and trafficking have reached “unprecedented and dangerous levels” in the past few years, the massive profits – estimated to be between US$30.3 billion and US$61.4 billion last year, up from US$15 billion in 2013 – should come as no surprise.

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The methamphetamine trade was recently estimated to be worth over US$40 billion a year in the Mekong sub-region alone – an area comprising Cambodia, south-west China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The region’s most-profitable illicit business, one-third of the methamphetamine trade is attributed to more affluent markets such as Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.

Organised crime’s many faces

Spurred by uneven economic development and demand for cheap low-skill labour, Southeast Asia has become a global hub for human trafficking both as a source and destination region. 

As the report observes, the majority of flows within Southeast Asia involve victims being trafficked from less developed countries in Southeast Asia such as Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam to more developed countries including Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore – as well as to destinations outside the region, particularly China, Japan, South Korea, Europe, North America, the Middle East and Australia. 

Human trafficking for sexual exploitation accounted for roughly 79 percent of the total number of cases in Thailand from 2014 to 2017, and of the total number of victims trafficked for sexual exploitation, almost 70 percent were underage girls.

Already plagued by a record number of seizures, Southeast Asia’s illegal wildlife trafficking may increase in value due to declining wild populations, growing demand, stricter national legislation and enforcement and the rise of online commerce and social media as platforms for trade.

As some of ASEAN’s increasing industrial capacity is re-routed to producing unauthorised overruns and cheaper imitations of brand-name products, the UNODC expects the region to remain a major hub in the supply chains for the global counterfeit goods market – which it estimates to be valued at between US$33.8 billion to US$35.9 billion annually.

A common theme underlying all these crimes is money laundering, and the region’s rapidly expanding network of casinos – many of which are lightly or not at all regulated – has become the perfect partner for organised crime groups that need to launder illicit money. As of January, there were 230 licensed casinos in Southeast Asia – many of which emerged after a crackdown on money laundering activities in Macau in 2014.

Attempts to address transnational organised crime have clearly been unsuccessful, and the UNODC has called for the establishment of an overall policy to review and develop connected strategies at individual national levels to ensure more effective mechanisms for cooperation.

With the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime kicking off in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, regional observers will be looking to the Myanmar capital to see what comes of discussions between the UNODC, governments and international partners on the findings and responses of the damning report.

But while regional connectivity and poor governance has no doubt made it easier for organised crime networks to supply their clients with pills, pangolins and purses, like any other business, they would be bankrupt if not for the continued demand for their products and services.

 

https://theaseanpost.com/article/pills-pangolins-and-purses

 

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