Southeast Asia
Cambodian court sentences Russian national to 13 years imprisonment for sexual assault of 14-year-old girl
In a modern-day David vs. Goliath story, a young girl’s testimony brings down a powerful expat investor accused in 18 other cases of abuse
“The significance of this verdict cannot be overestimated.”
- Patrick Stayton: Director, IJM Cambodia
A Phnom Penh court has delivered a guilty verdict against Alexander Trofimov, a Russian investor with powerful sway in the Cambodian community where he had been living. Trofimov was charged with debauchery with a child under 15. Debauchery is the legal term that covers sexual abuse of children under Cambodian law.
