It's not for sure whether these people are trafficked here or not, but there is a high chance these are victims of human trafficking.
While in Chiang Mai, Thailand we went to the market for the first time. A few of us had wanted to go there and we finally got our chance. It's one of the most busiest markets I have been to and you can walk for hours and never see the same area. On one of the streets I noticed a boy playing a traditional Thai instrument and was begging for money. As I kept walking, I noticed more and more people in the middle of the street begging for money. About every 50 yards was another child or adult. Some had some physical disabilities and several looked to be blind and possibly had their eyes burned out. It wasn't until a few later I started to realized that there was a high chance that some of these people were victims of trafficking. I will never know for sure whether they are or not, but trafficking is high in this area. You can only hope that they are not trafficking victims.
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