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"Mint", 24, is a former sex worker, now working at NightLight, an organization that hires former prostitutes.

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Under pressure by the US government and American evangelicals, the Thai government has stepped up raids to rescue sex trafficking victims. The trouble is, many of the “rescued” sex workers may not have been trafficked in the first place.

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