PHNOM PENH: During the opening ceremony of the 15th National Day Against Human Trafficking 2021 in Siem Reap on 15 December,the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Interior and Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking, Chou Bun Eng has said that in 2020, due to the epidemic of Covid 19, the human trafficking situation seems to be declining slightly, but until mid-2021, shows an increase again.

When the pandemic starts to ease, transporting people illegally to work abroad becomes operative again, the aim of bringing minors across the border, people in need easily lured by promises and money thus entering the anti-trafficking law.

At the same time, the rise of sexual exploitation of children and people of all ages through offline technology, the temptation to cross the border, the risk of finding a job, a partner or a partner in the country, the attraction to hire a surrogate mother to sell a baby to cross the border and the sale, purchase or confiscation of organs, etc., also exists.

In this regard, the Royal Government of Cambodia is highly committed to combating all forms of human trafficking, not allowing perpetrators to abuse and exploit people. The Royal Government of Cambodia has launched a massive crack down on and punish the perpetrators and accomplices without exception and call for the full participation of the people, authorities, civil society and the private sector to cooperate and fully support the prevention, suppression, punishment, rescue and protection for the Kingdom of Cambodia without human trafficking.

Ms. Chou Bun Eng has stated that Siem Reap was rated by the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking as the number one province that has been active in the fight against human trafficking for four consecutive years.

The Governor of Siem Reap Province Tea Seiha has mentioned that human trafficking and sexual exploitation are a global context that continues to occur due to three main factors: social education, law enforcement and seizing opportunities from perpetrators. Images of human trafficking are not only the trafficking or exploitation of labor and sex, but in recent years there have been a number of incidents that have led to organ trafficking and the smuggling or trafficking of infants. The so-called mediator of surrogacy. Siem Reap provincial authorities have always been active in preventing and cracking down on this crime.