Washington DC Massage Parlors: Human trafficking: MSAR needs to make greater efforts
Written on June 15, 2010 – 5:01 pm | by rubmedownthere
According to the US Department of State, the MSAR “is primarily a destination, and to a much lesser extent, a source territory for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically commercial sexual exploitation.” Victims, the 2010 report reiterates, are primarily from mainland China, Mongolia, Russia, and Southeast Asia, with many of them from inland Chinese provinces who travel to the border province of Guangdong in search of better employment.
“They fall prey to false advertisements for jobs in casinos and other legitimate employment in Macau, but upon arrival, they are forced into prostitution.
“Foreign and mainland Chinese women are sometimes passed to local organised crime groups upon arrival, held captive, and forced into sexual servitude,” the report points out.
It adds that Chinese, Russian, and Thai criminal syndicates are believed to sometimes be involved in bringing women into Macau’s commercial sex industry.
“Victims are sometimes confined in massage parlours and illegal brothels, where they are closely monitored, forced to work long hours, have their identity documents confiscated, and threatened with violence; all factors that make it particularly difficult for them to seek help,” the US Department of State says.