Cambodia Human Trafficking: Hong Kong and Taiwan Victims Lured with High-Paid Job Scams, Organ Harvesting Price List Exposed

September 2, 2022 Cambodia Crime & Legal

On Aug. 27, 2022, NowTV reported that Cambodian authorities captured 60 suspected criminals, and rescued 865 survivors from human trafficking groups who are foreign nationals. In the past week, nine Chinese men and two Cambodian men have been arrested for running criminal activities, human trafficking, forced labor, and selling women to different buyers.

Hong Kong police arrested five males and females, who are suspected to be the key members of human trafficking Hongkongers on Aug 25.

In a meeting with the Fight Crime Committee on Aug. 26, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung defended an allegation of experts believed the Hong Kong Police Force is not doing enough to collaborate with Cambodian law enforcement or prevent human trafficking in Hong Kong.

Tang said, “Hong Kong is never an originated or a transit place, or a destination for human trafficking. We have over 50 different legal provisions in different ordinances that can handle situations relating to trafficking in persons.” Tang claimed that Hong Kong has a steadfast system to screen any human trafficking in or out of the city.

In response to collaborating with foreign law enforcement, Tang answered, “In fact, we also have robust cooperation with overseas law enforcement agencies either on a bilateral basis or through the Interpol channel to tackle those causing cross-jurisdictional offenses.”

These criminal organizations permeating Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, would kidnap their victims, and hold them, hostage, before torturing them into forced labor or sexual exploitation in their scam organizations. These offenders also commit organ harvesting and selling human body parts to the wealthy and on black markets.

Hong Kong Police Force has received 36 rescue requests thus far. Of the 36 cases, 32 are male and four are female between 19 and 50-year-old. On Aug. 22, Hong Kong Police only confirmed the safety and whereabouts of 22 victims but suspected them to be in confinement. Eleven of the scam survivors have returned to Hong Kong without harm. However, the authorities have lost contact with nine victims.