Sex Trafficking in Burma and Thailand The Sex eZine - Slavery & Prostitution

Sex Trafficking in Burma and Thailand  The Sex eZine - Slavery & Prostitution

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A MODERN FORM OF SLAVERY

Trafficking of Burmese Women and Girls
into Brothels in Thailand


TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION
II. BACKGROUND
A. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS
International Response and Thai-Burmese Relations
Economic Factors
Immigration
B. RELEVANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
The 1928 Anti-Trafficking Act
1960 Criminalization of Prostitution
The Entertainment Places Act and the Penal Code
III. THREE PORTRAITS
"LIN LIN"
"NYI NYI"
"SWE SWE"
IV. TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND GIRLS
A. RECRUITMENT
The Promises
The Money
Sexual Abuse in the Course of Recruitment
Moving From Brothel to Brothel
Ranong
B. THE BROTHEL
Debt Bondage
Illegal Confinement
Rape and Other Forms of Sexual and Physical Abuse
Working Conditions
Health Care, Birth Control and AIDS
V. THE THAI GOVERNMENT'S ROLE
A. OFFICIAL INVOLVEMENT IN TRAFFICKING: A PATTERN OF IMPUNITY
The Songkhla Murder
B. NON-ARREST OF TRAFFICKERS, PIMPS, PROCURERS, BROTHEL OWNERS AND CLIENTS
C. DISCRIMINATORY AND ARBITRARY ARREST OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS
D. VIOLATIONS OF DUE PROCESS
E. PROLONGED DETENTION, SUMMARY TRIALS AND CUSTODIAL ABUSE
Local Jails
Immigration Detention Center (IDC)
Emergency Shelters
F. DEPORTATION
Summary Deportation: The Thai Side
Deportation from Ranong
Deportation From Kanchanaburi
Discreet Returns over the Border
Summary Deportation: The Burmese Side
G. THE NON-PENAL ALTERNATIVE: OFFICIAL REPATRIATION
VI. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
NGOS IN THAILAND
NGOS IN BURMA
VII. CAPTIVE PARTNERS: FORCED PROSTITUTION AND HIV/AIDS
A. ABUSES THAT LEAD TO HIV INFECTION
B. THAI GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
C. ABUSES ARISING FROM PERCEIVED OR ACTUAL HIV STATUS
Mandatory HIV testing
Testing in the brothels
Testing in official custody
Testing at the Temporary Shelters
Breach of Medical Confidentiality
Discrimination
D. WITHHOLDING INFORMATION ABOUT HIV/AIDS
E. TREATMENT ON RETURN TO BURMA
VIII. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
U.S. POLICY AND TRAFFICKING
OTHER COUNTRIES
HIV AND AIDS
UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES
IX. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS