Human trafficking victims rescued and welcomed home. (Photo: VNA)In the first week of July, seven young people in Kloongvillage, Ia O commune, Ia Grai district, who were victims of cross-border humantrafficking, were rescued and brought home safe and sound.
Taking advantage of the gullibility and lack ofunderstanding of ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands provinces and thedifficult economic situation of those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in Gia Lai, there appears a trick of offering "decent work andhigh salary" to bring others out of the country illegally.
Many ethnic minority victims in Gia Lai province have fallen victim to brokers in the cross-border human trafficking rings.
Puih Thai, 28, one of the seven rescued victims, said he had got in touch with Tran Quang Quyet, 21, a native of the region’sKon Tum province, on Facebook, who then offered to help him get a decent jobwith a high salary in Cambodia.
However, once they arrived in Cambodia, they were forced todo all the hard work while their employers frequently beat them with rods andpower cables. They were also threatened to be sold away or killed.
Struggling to survive, Puih Thai asked to be sent home. Thepeople who had tricked and sold him to Cambodia requested him to contact hisfamily and pay a bail of 90 million VND (3,800 USD).
Quyet then gave himself up at Gia Lai province’s Ia O borderstation. Currently, he is being held in custody to serve investigation.
Quyet’s accomplice, Phan Ngoc Duc, was found to directlyconnect with several people abroad to take many ethnic minority locals to Cambodiaillegally.
On July 5, Gia Lai police decided to launch legal proceedings against the caseand Duc, and arrested him for charge of human trafficking.
Duc confessed that he had sold seven victims in Ia O commune toone person in Cambodia, earning over 300 million VND and divided to Quyet 128million VND.
Colonel Ngo Gia Cuong of Gia Lai police warned locals not to believe inrecruitment information on social networks, but thoroughly learn about the jobcontent and specific address to avoid being deceived.
Intensifying dissemination to every household to raise ethnic locals’ awareness. (Photo: VNA)In order to prevent the recurrence of labour fraud in thelocality, the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is developing atraining programme that is close to the forecast of the labour demand ofenterprises inside and outside the province. The province is also creatingopportunities for the poor and ethnic minority people to borrow loans to developproduction and business./.
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