Sex trafficking in Kyrgyzstan

[2] Sex trafficking victims, primarily women and girls, in the country are from all ethnic groups in Kyrgyzstan and foreigners.

[3][4] Children, persons in poverty, and migrants are particularly vulnerable to sex trafficking.

[1] They suffer from physical and psychological abuse and trauma[5] and are typically guarded and or locked up in poor conditions.

[5] The government of Kyrgyzstan has been criticized for its inadequate anti-sex trafficking efforts and victim protection services.

[4] Non-consensual bride kidnappings, in which women and girls are forced into marriages and pregnancies through societal pressure, intimation, or violence, is a form of sex trafficking in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan citizen and foreign victims are sex trafficked into and out of the regions of Kyrgyzstan . They are raped and physically and psychologically harmed in brothels, businesses, homes, hotel rooms, nightclubs, and other locations within these administrative divisions. [ 1 ]