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Prostitution in Cambodia is illegal, but prevalent. A 2008 Cambodian Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation [ 1 ] has proven controversial, with international concerns regarding human rights abuses resulting from it, such as outlined in the 2010 Human Rights Watch report.
Many urban families of Chinese or Sino-Khmer descent in Sihanoukville city have for most of Cambodia's history constituted the commercial elite and urban upper classes. [118] [119] There is a dedication to Confucian work ethics. [120] [121]
In 2006, Cambodia was a source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking. The traffickers were reportedly organized crime syndicates, parents, relatives, friends, intimate partners, and neighbors. [1] Cambodia ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in July 2007. [2]
With a length of 230 km (140 mi), [1] it connects the capital of Phnom Penh with Sihanoukville in the south-west. [2] Sihanoukville is the only international sea port of Cambodia, making NH4 one of the country's most important highways. The road was built in the 1950s, coinciding with the construction of the port. [1]
Prey Nob (Khmer: ព្រៃនប់ [prəj nɔp]) is one of four district of Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. According to the 2008 census of Cambodia , it had a population of 89,238. [ 2 ]
Cambodia has two major ports, Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, and five minor ones. Phnom Penh, at the junction of the Bassac , the Mekong, and the Tonle Sap Rivers, is the only river port capable of receiving 8,000- ton ships during the wet season and 5,000-ton ships during the dry season.
Sihanoukville Municipality (red), Stueng Hav (yellow), ... of Sihanoukville province in Cambodia. In 1998, it had a population of 13,108. ...
NagaWorld in Phnom Penh. Gambling in Cambodia is officially illegal under the 1996 Law on Suppression of Gambling, which outlawed all unauthorized forms of gambling and provided for penalties ranging from monetary fines to short prison sentences, although the Cambodian government's General Department of Prisons does not list gambling as one of the 28 offenses punishable by imprisonment.