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FREEING SEX SLAVES: A YEAR LATER
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Srey Neth, left, and Srey Mom saying their farewells after Srey Neth was returned to her village in 2004.

Published: January 19, 2005

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Freeing Sex Slaves: A Year Later
What has happened to Srey Neth, above, and Srey Mom in the year since Nicholas D. Kristof purchased the freedom of the teenage Cambodian prostitutes?

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ast year, Nicholas D. Kristof paid to free two young Cambodian sex workers. Readers came to know the girls, Srey Neth and Srey Mom, and followed their stories as they left their brothel and were reunited with their families. Now, Mr. Kristof is back in Cambodia to see how Srey Neth and Srey Mom are coping with freedom. Click to Start Feature

Part 5
Sex Slaves? Lock Up the Pimps (Jan. 29, 2005)
Despite the widespread belief that sex slavery is intractable and inevitable, it isn't.

Part 4
After the Brothel (Jan. 26, 2005)
If you think the sex trafficking in Cambodia doesn't qualify as slavery, I've got a story for you.

Part 3
Back to the Brothel (Jan. 22, 2005)
A year after I freed Srey Mom from sex slavery in Cambodia, stigma and low self-esteem had forced her back into prostitution.

Part 2
Leaving the Brothel Behind (Jan. 19, 2005)
Srey Neth is now living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital, where she's enrolled in beauty school.

Part 1
Cambodia, Where Sex Traffickers Are King (Jan. 15, 2005)
Sex trafficking is the slavery of the 21st-century, yet it has become one of the world's growth industries.

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Original Report: Freeing Sex Slaves (Jan. 28, 2004)

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