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Workers remove barbed wire from a Sihanoukville compound in September 2022. (Mech Dara/VOD)

‘Maintain Reputation’ Tops Cambodia’s Priorities on Slavery

Cambodia pledged “drastic measures” against scam compounds in response to U.N. queries about 100,000 alleged human trafficking victims in Sihanoukville, but also denied finding any debt bondage and placed the country’s “reputation, dignity and benefits” at the top of its principles for combating the crime.