North Korea women 'forced into China sex trade'

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N Korea women 'forced into China sex trade'


Prostitute in a Shanghai back alley (credit: Lei Han) Image copyright Korea Future Initiative

The trade of North Korean women in China is said to be worth $100m a year for criminal organisations

Thousands of North Korean women and girls are being forced to work in the sex trade in China, according to a new report by a London-based rights group.

They are often abducted and sold as prostitutes, or compelled to marry Chinese men, says the Korea Future Initiative.

The trade is worth $100m (£79m) a year for criminal organisations, it says.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48340210