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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the
early years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Taiwan.htm
Taiwan is primarily a destination for men, women, and
children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual
exploitation. To a far lesser extent, it is a source of women trafficked to
Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States for sexual
exploitation and forced labor, as well as a transit area for People’s
Republic of China (PRC) citizens seeking to enter the United States
illegally, some of whom may become victims of debt bondage and forced
prostitution. Most trafficking victims are workers from rural areas of
Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, employed through
recruitment agencies and brokers to perform low-skilled work in Taiwan’s
construction, fishing, and manufacturing industries, or to work as domestic
workers. NGOs continued to report an
increase in the number of boys rescued from prostitution, mainly discovered
during police investigations of online social networking sites suspected of
fronting for prostitution rings. - U.S.
State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLES *** Editorial: The human cost of cheap labor www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/07/08/2003368658/1 [accessed 28 December 2010] The trafficking scene in Many foreigners take up legal
employment, but leave their jobs for various reasons, including mistreatment
by employers who ignore contracts and labor rights, the promise of earning
better wages, and trickery by criminal rings.
As a result, many foreign workers end up in deplorable and inhuman
working conditions, of which forced prostitution is perhaps the most widely
known and condemned. But it would be unfair to discuss
trafficking without mentioning the disturbing context that allows it to
flourish. The tragic reality of poverty abroad, combined with the vast market
here for cheap labor and prostitution, is what drives human trafficking. Each
and everyone in a privileged land who for his or her own comfort and economic
benefit takes advantage of cheap labor at the cost of human rights,
contributes to the victimization of workers not protected by the same rights
we take for granted. Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German
Press Agency) DPA, [accessed 28 December 2010] According to police, the ring
arranged for the Indonesian women to come to Luciana, one of the victims, said
she did not know it was a trick because she had a bona fide wedding with her
Taiwanese husband in The Plight Of Vietnamese Women Nguoi Viet , Commentary, New
news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=645a2f7fb0e2cede54e7d5eb73925ac6 [accessed 28 August 2011] There are, at present, around
200,000 Vietnamese women in ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 8, 2006 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61606.htm [accessed 28 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – NGOs reported that fraudulent marriages were increasingly
used as a vehicle for human trafficking, in part because the penalties for
the fake husbands were lenient. Foreign brides, mainly from the PRC, but also
increasing numbers of women from Labor trafficking was
a problem. NGOs reported that families hired female foreign workers to care
for elderly persons (for which the government provides subsidies to families)
but that when the workers arrived they were forced to do other tasks,
including: childcare, working in family shops or businesses, cleaning houses,
and helping other family members with domestic work. In other cases, foreign
laborers were hired overseas as domestic workers but then sent to work in
factories when they arrived and paid only a fraction of the local prevailing
wage. Penalties for such violations were light. In one case, an inspector
discovered a domestic caretaker was working in the employer's flour factory.
The inspector returned the foreign worker to the employer's family and fined
the employer $1 thousand (NT$30 thousand). The employer was allowed to
continue using the foreign worker as a housekeeper. Labor authorities remove
an employer's right to hire domestic caretakers only after a third offense. Officials crack down on human trafficking ring Staff writer, with Central News Agency CNA, Taipei Times,
10 Oct 2008 www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/10/10/2003425457 [accessed 28 December 2010] The National Immigration Agency
(NIA) recently cracked down on a Taiwanese human trafficking ring that was
smuggling children from In its investigation, the agency
discovered that the crime ring had bought the identity of Taiwanese children
from parents who were in financial difficulty. The parents sold their children’s
IDs for NT$90,000 each, the agency said.
The investigators had discovered that the crime ring employed the
strategy seven times in the first half of this year, smuggling 18 children to
the Human trafficking still a problem in Taiwan Staff writer, with Central News Agency CNA, Taipei Times, www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/03/13/2003405274 [accessed 28 December 2010] On human trafficking, On abuse of foreign workers,
brokers and employers regularly impose high brokerage fees and other charges
on foreign workers, frequently using the debt as a tool for involuntary
servitude, the report said. Victims to get job skills training Loa Iok-sin, www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/12/08/2003391627 [accessed 28 December 2010] Zhang cited a case she had worked
on recently as an example. "Six
Vietnamese women came to Tonya Graham, Gender Links Opinion and Commentary Service,
29 November 2007 www.genderlinks.org.za/article/human-trafficking-concern-for-2010-2007-11-29 [accessed 28 December 2010] Human trafficking is a pervasive
global problem, and strong laws are vital to preventing and prosecuting it,
as well as caring for survivors. Take the case of Mary Jiang*
who left her home in Bill to combat human trafficking Staff writer, with Central News Agency CNA, Taipei Times,
22 Jul 2007 www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/22/2003370735 [accessed 28 December 2010] NEW APPROACH - To stop the sale of human
beings, academics said that criminal law is important but not enough.
Rescuing victims must also be part of the plan. Holiday project focuses on sex crimes, trafficking Loa Iok-sin, www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/12/2003369175 [accessed 28 December 2010] Sun, who is one of these
prosecutors, spoke about two cases that she has worked on. In one case, a young woman from Editorial: The human cost of cheap labor www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/07/08/2003368658/1 [accessed 28 December 2010] The trafficking scene in Many foreigners take up legal
employment, but leave their jobs for various reasons, including mistreatment
by employers who ignore contracts and labor rights, the promise of earning
better wages, and trickery by criminal rings.
As a result, many foreign workers end up in deplorable and inhuman working
conditions, of which forced prostitution is perhaps the most widely known and
condemned. But it would be unfair to discuss
trafficking without mentioning the disturbing context that allows it to
flourish. The tragic reality of poverty abroad, combined with the vast market
here for cheap labor and prostitution, is what drives human trafficking. Each
and everyone in a privileged land who for his or her own comfort and economic
benefit takes advantage of cheap labor at the cost of human rights,
contributes to the victimization of workers not protected by the same rights
we take for granted. Human trafficking likely to worsen, experts claim Max Hirsch, www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/04/13/2003356410/1 [accessed 28 December 2010] But the charities helping
exploited foreign laborers and prostitutes say that treating trafficked
foreigners with care is exactly what Le My-nga,
policy and planning director at the Vietnamese Migrant Workers and Brides
Office in "They're still in damage
control mode," she said, referring to the attitude of immigration
officials since 2005, when the Trafficking victims detained for protection The www.chinapost.com.tw/news/archives/taiwan/2007324/105390.htm [accessed 28 December 2010] Police rescued 35 Indonesian
girls, who were arranged by the human smuggling ring to work in small
restaurants and as caregivers for families who could not hire legal foreign
caregivers. The girls said that they
had to work 18 hours a day with no days off, and said that they were beaten
when they did not obey orders from the ring leaders. Group urges aid for trafficking victims Loa Iok-sin, www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/03/02/2003350636 [accessed 28 December 2010] Some labor trafficking victims
enter Public awareness of rise in human trafficking is low Loa Iok-sin, www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/01/23/2003345956 [accessed 28 December 2010] Human-rights activist Reverend
Peter Nguyen Van Hung, a 48-year-old priest, told the stories of some of the
victims that he had worked with. There was the case of a
19-year-old Vietnamese man who signed a contract to work in Tai-wan as a
caretaker and promised to pay US$5,000 to the broker. After arriving in Another girl approached Nguyen
once, telling him that her employer had raped her repeatedly. When Nguyen offered her help, she turned it
down because she was afraid of retaliation from her employer. "She went back, knowing she would be
raped again that night," Nguyen said. Nguyen has run a human trafficking
victim shelter in Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German
Press Agency) DPA, [accessed 28 December 2010] According to police, the ring
arranged for the Indonesian women to come to Luciana, one of the victims, said
she did not know it was a trick because she had a bona fide wedding with her
Taiwanese husband in Editorial by Sandy Yeh,
President of the www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2006/11/26/2003337971/1 [accessed 28 December 2010] Police in Taoyuan
recently announced they had busted a smuggling ring run by a former national taekwondo athlete who had brought young women into Some victims are forced to become
sex workers without receiving any compensation. Instead they must deal with
strict supervision and the threat of violence. Foreign laborers are
conscripted into long-term commitments, swapped between employers without
warning, never receive any pay and are always at risk of being turned into
sex workers At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] For example, the number
of women from Southeast Asian, especially Vietnam and Cambodia, who are
brought to Taiwan as "brides" but rapidly forced into prostitution
shortly after "marriage" has surged sharply in the past two years. In addition, many women from the PRC are smuggled
into Stopping an 'Epidemic' -- Vietnamese Priest Reaches Out to
Sex Trafficking Victims Pacific News Service, by the Rev. Nguyen Van
Hung, as told to Andrew Lam, Posted: Aug 02, 2005 news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=2d5ce7724e7cbe84db0c10e07c85f3a4 [accessed 26 August 2011] NGOs key players in stamping out trafficking At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] Taiwan
has the dubious distinction of being a major importer of women for sexual
exploitation, with a recently released report by the U.S. Department of State
downgrading Taiwan from "tier one" to "tier two,"
signaling that the island has not even met the lowest requirements for
protecting victims of trafficking. The Plight Of Vietnamese Women Nguoi Viet , Commentary, New
news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=645a2f7fb0e2cede54e7d5eb73925ac6 [accessed 28 August 2011] There are, at present, around
200,000 Vietnamese women in Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 2 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=363&year=2009&country=7714 [accessed 28 December 2010] Hui-Jung Chi, 2005 Taipei, Taiwan
Kellogg’s Child Development Honoree World of Children Awards - Setting the Gold Standard in
Child Advocacy www.worldofchildren.org/index.php/honorees/honoree-journals-from-the-field/59-hui-jung-chi [accessed 28 December 2010] For the past 13 years, former
journalist Hui-Jung Chi has played a tremendous
role at the forefront of social reform and child advocacy in Online auctions the new frontier for human trafficking Radio www.ncvaonline.org/D_1-5_2-113_4-186_15-2_5-15_6-1_17-67_14-2/ [accessed 28 August 2011] It's been billed as the world's
biggest marketplace...eBay, where if you're on-line, all you need is a
credit-card and you can buy almost anything. But there are questions now
about the merits of trading this way....after eBay was forced to halt an
auction and pull details from its site, when it emerged that the goods for
sale were in fact alive and human. Rights Group Sues E-Bay, Taipei
Chef over Vietnamese Women Radio Free At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] A In The Press -- Crime/Organized Crime Agence At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011] [scroll down to AUGUST 27, 2004 - TAIWAN
CAPTAIN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR PUSHING CHINESE WOMEN OFF BOAT - Taiwan's supreme court
upheld a death sentence for Wang Chung-hsiung, the
boat captain convicted of drowning six mainland Chinese women. Wang and
Ko Ching-sung, a crew
member, pushed the women into the sea in August 2003 when their smuggling
boat was spotted by a Potential for Trafficking by Marriage Brokers Called
Serious www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/July/200407141701572XRnuS0.088772.html [accessed 28 December 2010] CORRUPTION AS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR - NGOs and other sources provide
anecdotal evidence of this connection. Recent reports reveal trafficking of
women from Precursors and pathways to adolescent prostitution in
Taiwan Shu-Ling Hwang & Olwen Bedford, Journal of Sex Research, May, 2003 findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2372/is_2_40/ai_105518222/ [accessed 28 December 2010] Indentured juvenile prostitution is
a cultural legacy for Taiwanese lower-class families dating back to early
immigrants from Dossier childhood and preadolescence's condition - CHAPTER
2 - the difficulties and the abuse Rai Social Action Department, 2002 www.segretariatosociale.rai.it/INGLESE/atelier/studi_ricerche/dossier_inf_2002/inf_cap2_2002.html [accessed 28 December 2010] POINT 12 - All material used herein
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