On the left there is a chart from the International Monetary Fund showing the percentage of where the human trafficking industry operates. Please note that this is human trafficking as a whole, not just sex trafficking.
On the right there is a color-coded map from the Atlas Institute for International Affairs showing places where the governments do or don’t comply with international standards of human rights and fighting sex trafficking. It is an unfortunate reality that many governments in Southeast Asia either directly or indirectly profit from the sex trafficking business, and therefore do not do much to stop it. That is why international involvement may be necessary to hold these places accountable.
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