Judicial Statistics on Human Trafficking

Brief Description

Between 2008 and 2012, 177 cases of human trafficking were prosecuted. There were 231 offenders prosecuted (145 were female), 422 victims of human trafficking assisted (358 were female), of whom 271 were children below 18 (161 were female). In 2013, there were 56 cases of human trafficking, 77 offenders were prosecuted (51 were female), 171 victims were assisted (87 were female), of whom 65 were children below 18 (59 were female). There were 1,419 victims of trafficking who were officially repatriated from neighboring countries to the Lao PDR. Of these, 1,350 were female and 1,072 were girls and boys under 18 years old. Between 2006 and 2013, 362 female victims of human trafficking received medical care, rehabilitation, and vocational training in Lao PDR.