Traffickers pull tribal women into  Dozens of women from remote villages in the central Located along mountain slopes in Ky Son District's Chieu Luu Commune, These days most of the residents there are children and the elderly; able-bodied adults have all left seeking work. Cut Thanh Son, the village chief, told Thanh Nien that 51 women, most of whom were unmarried, have left Luu Thang. Many have been gone for two or three years without contacting their families. Son said at least five local married women were confirmed to have re-married in He said she left the family four years ago, leaving behind a two year old son. She did not return until last year, with news that she had married and had a child in In another case, Luong Thi Hoa left for After she left, her husband’s condition deteriorated and he died, leaving their three children between the ages of 6-12 to fend for themselves, according to the village chief who added that the kids later left without telling anyone where they were going. Cut Thi Kham was reported missing after leaving home three years ago at 17. Kham’s grandfather Moong Pho Hanh believed that she was in Cut Thi Mi, the 19-year-old daughter of Cut Van Song, also left home last April. Song said Mi left with a local resident who'd promised her a good salary at a factory in the south. A few months later his daughter called from The father said he reported her fate to police who have been unable to determine her whereabouts. Four years earlier, Song’s daughter-in-law Moong Thi Duc also followed a stranger to find a job. She too ended up being sent to In nearby La Ngan Village, many women have also been reported missing. Three girls between the ages of 16 and 17 took the advice of a group of unidentified people and left for work in 2003, only to end up being trafficked to Moong Van Doan, secretary of Chieu Luu Commune’s Party Unit, said that nearly 20 local women were confirmed to have married in Poverty has driven local women to work away from home, and in many cases, they end up being trafficked to Nguyen Van De, chief of Ky Son District’s Police Division, admitted that it was “very hard” to curb trafficking rings funneling women to There are not enough jobs for young people, so they're at great risk of being trapped by human traffickers, he said. Local police talk to locals about the risk, but many of them respond that their children have no other way of earning a living, according to De. Ky Son police reported that last year they busted seven trafficking rings moving people to Many of the suspects were once victims of human trafficking themselves, police said. Police rescued 15 people from In the nearby Tuong Duong District, 1,216 people have left local villages for work, most of them women, and some 476 of them have gone to |
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