There, she was taken to a temple and introduced to two women who took her to a house where 16 or 17 girls were sleeping on the floor. After about a year in the brothel, Neela was picked up in a police raid and taken to a children's shelter. Because she was ashamed, she decided not to find her family and remained in the shelter. A major reason why traffickers have been able to succeed in amassing global prostitution businesses is that Governments and human rights organizations alike have simply judged the woman guilty of prostitution and minimized the trafficker's role. Also, many women are immediately deported to their homelands before they can give evidence against traffickers.
Trafficked victims suffer, rather than traffickers.
For example, both Thai laws and international anti-trafficking norms have arranged that trafficking victims from Myanmar can return there without penalty from either Government. However, summary deportation and imprisonment have often been the rule. A recent raid in Ranong, Thailand, resulted in the arrest of 148 girls and women from Myanmar, according to Human Rights Watch. Some 58 were reportedly returned to officials in Kawthaung, Myanmar, where the women were sentenced to three years in prison for illegally leaving their country. The traffickers went free.