In the first half of 2010, Cambodian authorities reported uncovering 1,772 incidents of illegal fishing in the country.

The authorities seized 321,000 meters of fishing nets and 140 fishing and crab nets.

Source: Khouth Sophakchakrya, “Fisheries busts rise 300pc this year,” Phom Penh Post, August 5, 2010.

80 percent of young beggars in the streets of Thailand have come from Cambodia.

The young beggars, ranging in age from newborn babies to 12 year olds, generally work between 8 to 12 hours a day and earn between $9 to $31 (300 to 1,000 Thai Baht). Child beggars are often the victims of human trafficking.

Source: “Stop giving to beggars, says foundation,” Bangkok Post, July 27, 2010.

According to the US State Department 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report, men in Cambodia pay up to $4,000 to have sex with virgins.

Source:  US Department of State, “Country Narative: Cambodia,” Trafficking in Persons Report 2010, June 2010.

100,000 Cambodian men, women and children are deported from Thailand each year after illegal entering the country through smuggling.

Source:  Robert Carmichael, “The dangers in trafficking Cambodian men,” Radio Australia, May 11, 2010.

Up to 7 percent of women working in Cambodia’s sex trade were trafficked into the industry.

Source:  Robert Carmichael, “Cambodia cracks down on the sex industry,” Deutsche Welle,  April 5, 2010.

In 2010, Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry banned marriages between Cambodia women and South Korean men over concerns of human trafficking.

In 2008, 551 Cambodian women married South Korean men. In 2009, the number increased to 1,372. Nearly 60 percent of marriages between foreigners and Cambodian women involve South Korean men, with a majority of marriages arraigned through brokers.

Source:  Associated Press, “Cambodian Bans Women From Marrying South Koreans,” New York Times, March 19, 2010.

One-third of all sex workers in Cambodia are estimated to be children, according to End Child Prostitution, Abuse and Trafficking (ECPAT).

Source:  Leif Coorlim, “Man goes undercover to combat child sex slavery,” CNN, February 9, 2010.

Between 1998 and 2010, the tiger population in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma/Myanmar dropped 70 percent, from 1,200 tigers in 1998 to 350 in 2010.

Source: AFP, “Mekong tiger population at ‘crisis point’: WWF,” Yahoo News, January 26, 2010.