New Website Developed to Help Stop Human Trafficking

Kylie Morris / Aimee Herd reporting : Jul 8, 2005
BBC News

Tipinasia.info is the name and web address of a new site that has been developed as a way to help fight human trafficking. The portal gives examples of real cases, provides networking and links to organizations who are also working to alleviate the widespread problem and lists ways people can help.

James Klein of the Asia Foundation, the company that set up the site, told BBC News, "Ten years ago, this wouldn't have been the answer. But now, throughout Asia, the Internet is big - even in countries like Cambodia. Therefore, if you're really trying to communicate across borders, the easiest and the least expensive way for this to happen is over the Internet."

Klein explained one of the ways the site could be of help, "A raid might happen here in Bangkok, and a group of Cambodian girls found. Those names could be transferred to the appropriate people, whether they are officials or non-government agencies in Cambodia, and plans made to transport them back, and return them to the general population."