Human trafficking in Indonesia.

Bangka Belitung province in Indonesia has been named as a major destination for women being trafficked from other parts of the country. The province is the world’s biggest tin producing region, and has many opportunities for people from poorer regions to find work, but this also makes women vulnerable to being lured by false promises of employment and then forced into prostitution.
Head of the social affairs at the Pangkalpinang city administration, Radmidha Dawam said “People from different areas in Indonesia who fell victims of human trafficking were initially offered good jobs with good salaries but in the end they were forced into prostitution in pubs or red-light districts,”
Although permits have not been given to brothels in the city, there is a growing sex tade which is allegedly buying women from traffickers.
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