Focuses on the trafficking of human beings as a business in Asia. Factors influencing trafficking; Difference between trafficking and other forms of legal labor migration; Emergence of coordinated official responses to criminality and criminal organizations; Demands for labor at various skill levels; Link between trafficking and international crime. Author concludes that the elimination of trafficking in Asia is unlikely to be realistically achieved through legislation and declarations of intent but by improvements in the socioeconomic status of the population.