US aid freeze sets back fight against human trafficking in Cambodia
Wednesday, 12 February 2025 () President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance has dealt a blow organizations fighting human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia, where tens of thousands of people are held captive and forced to work in call centers running telephone scams. A shelter for people who manage to leave these compounds run by the Catholic charity Caritas recently let some victims go and may stop accepting further victims due to the funding squeeze, two sources with direct knowledge of the situation said. The shelter is the only one not operated by the government which takes in victims of scam compounds. The sources declined to be named because they were concerned about retaliation from the Trump administration.
Wednesday, 12 February 2025 ()
