One-quarter of Viet girls forced into prostitution to return home
Vietnamese police are to join Czech authorities to bring home 20 girls lured into the sex trade with offers of a free trip abroad, confirmed police today.
Interpol Vietnam revealed the 20 girls are among 82 girls in total forced to work as prostitutes abroad.
The 82 girls include 50 who were sexually abused in the Czech Republic, 20 other Vietnamese young women in Moscow, and 12 in Macao.
Two suspects alleged to have tricked the girls into traveling to Europe were detained by police this week. They include Nguyen Huu Ngan living in northern Nghe An province and Nguyen Manh Hung in Hanoi.
Some of those who recruited the innocent women for the trafficking rings in Eastern Europe were once models in Vietnam, said police, who added, all were enticed to go abroad on free tours, foreign studies, and guest labor programs.
On a relevant note, the three girls who were freed this week from a brothel in Russia returned home safely at 1:30am today under cooperation between policemen in Vietnam and Russia.
By Viet Chien - Thanh Nien - November 8, 2005.
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