Fewer people fall victims of human trafficking in Laos in 2021


VIENTIANE, Jan. 20 (Xinhua): A total of 108 people were reported as victims of human trafficking in Laos in 2021, marking a significant drop from the 142 figure recorded in 2020.

Laos is vulnerable to human trafficking and is both a source of and transit country of human trafficking due to the country's many shared borders, which provides traffickers with easy access and travel routes, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Thursday.

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