Cooperation Between U.S. And Cambodia To Continue.

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Cambodia and the US will continue to expand cooperation to fight against human trafficking amid the global financial crisis, as vulnerable women and children, especially the poor, can still fall victim to traffickers, US Ambassador Luis Cdebaca director of office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

“I visited Malaysia and Thailand where also had Cambodian workers there. They have worked at underground economy and we also have concerned about the human trafficking cases and we do not sum up the data or clarified Cambodia in list yet,” he said at a press conference in the US embassy to Cambodia. “We need to further cooperation in combating human trafficking and we have to work team with cooperation other partners including non-governmental organizations,” he said.

“In working with the Cambodian Government, we also sent back home three Americans involved with pedophiles in Cambodia earlier this week,” he said, adding that his visit to Cambodia has been very productive. He met several government officials and other civic partners in fighting human trafficking.

“We need to cooperate the with Justice and Interior Ministries, and law enforcement agencies to strengthen the law, and we need to select specific cases to upgrade cases in fighting against human trafficking. We are concerned about women in failing into sex slavery or brothels.

Ambassador Luis Cde Baca, was appointed by US President Obama to direct the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the State Department, where he serves as senior advisor to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.