Mans Mission of Hope in Cambodia - Ratanak International - Human Trafficking
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Mans Mission of Hope in Cambodia - Ratanak International - Human Trafficking
A B.C. man's mission of hope in Cambodia, helping human trafficking survivors
By Michele Brunoro
Published: January 08, 2025 at 8:32PM EST
By Michele Brunoro
Published: January 08, 2025 at 8:32PM EST
More: https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/articl ... survivors/In Cambodia, a former RCMP officer has spent decades helping sex trafficking victims. CTV News brings you part three of an in-depth series.
Content Warning: This story may be disturbing to some readers.
Part of the series Hidden in plain sight: Human trafficking and the B.C. connection
The bustling Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh is a city filled with street markets and tuk tuks.
It’s a place where the gaps between poverty and wealth stand in sharp contrast.
And it’s here that a side road brings you to a building with a very Canadian connection.
It’s the home of Ratanak International, founded by Brian McConaghy of Delta, B.C.
“This is an environment that is safe for them,” said McConaghy, a retired B.C. RCMP officer who has spent decades helping survivors in Cambodia flee modern-day slavery.
Ratanak is a refuge for traumatized women and teens who’ve just escaped a life of sex trafficking.
“They escape by jumping from moving cars, pretending to be ill so they can be taken to hospital,” he explained.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good Men to do nothing. Sir Edmund Burke.
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