In remote parts of Southeast Asia new roads are seen as a sign of prosperity. But for people living there they often open pathways to exploitation.

New Roads to Trafficking

Cambodian men and boys in search of work fall prey to the dark world of international fishing.

Beyond Borders

Between a strong demand from overseas adoptive parents and the willingness of Chinese families to abandon their child - particularly if they are girls - a lucrative market is striving.

China's Trade in Babies

Our reporters join Chinese parents looking for their abducted children.  The parents try to recruit the help of the police, only to find that law enforcement agents are accomplices.

In Search of Lost Children

I wanted to feed them warm rice,' says a North Korean woman who though she was going to get a job by defecting to China. Instead she was forcibly married to an 'unmarriageable' man.

North Korean Mothers

In the second part of a series on human trafficking and modern slavery, our reporters speak to Burmese residents of a refugee camp in Thailand. Many of these refugees are forced to take dangerous work through traffickers to feed their families.

Traffickers Target Refugee Camps

In a new series on human trafficking and modern slavery, our reporters speak to young survivors of forced and brutal military service inside Burma. For these lucky few who escape, the ordeal is not over.

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

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