BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Net to help catch human traffickers: "Tipinasia.info explains trafficking laws in different Asian countries.
The multilingual site, currently in Thai, Khmer and English, lists a directory of people working in the field in different parts of Asia, and describes what it is like to be caught up in trafficking.
It highlights the case of men taken onto fishing boats in Thailand who live in appalling conditions, and receive no pay.
They live under threat of execution - anyone who complains risks being shot, or thrown overboard. They work 24 hours a day and rarely come ashore.
The website relates the story of two brothers who were sold into virtual slavery for $150 each.
While young women forced into prostitution are often the focus for anti-trafficking campaigners, the crime applies to any use of labour where people are coerced by threats or the use of force."
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