In a small village ravaged by poverty, a man in a business suit appears. He goes from family to family, offering to buy children for the equivalent of a year's salary. He finds himself in a family with a young girl whose father sells her to feed his heroin addiction. Scared and confused, the girl is now forced into a brothel, sexually satisfying more than 20 men a day. Nearly five years later, she was saved and lost her life to AIDS following unprotected sex. Thailand's human trafficking industry has long been neglected, both internally and externally. Corruption, greed, foreign relations, economic pressure and global demand have fueled Thailand's trafficking industry. Until the world and the Thai government seriously change the way they handle the situation in Thailand, trafficking victims will continue to suffer similar atrocities. During the Vietnam War, America had an agreement with Thailand that allowed them to establish a place for rest and relaxation. base there. The base and the soldiers stationed there allowed the economy to thrive through tourism. However, once the war ended, the United States no longer needed the base and therefore left Thailand. The Thai economy needed a way to continue to sustain itself, so they began prostituting women into their country in order to once again create an attractive place for tourism. This prostitution trade gained worldwide popularity and the Thai economy regained viability. Over time, it became clear that it would be easier to traffic women from poor neighboring countries than to use local women. Thailand began to establish itself as one of the largest prostitution industries and quickly became known as the "brothel of Asia." Women and children trafficked to Thailand live outside middle of paper...... x slavery. NewsMax.com: America's News Page - News Archives. April 21, 2001. Web January 27, 2010. Northcutt, Casey. “Education can prevent human trafficking. » The Murray State News February 21, 2008. 2010. .Perrin, Andrew. “Thai families partner in child sex trade / Border region products are drugs and girls. » San Francisco Bay Area News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Classifieds: SFGate, February 6, 2002. January 2010. "Thailand: Fighting Child Trafficking | World in Progress | Deutsche Welle | 01.09.2007." Home | Deutsche Welle. Web. January 28. 2010. .