The Government of Ukraine on Wednesday promised the Spanish Presidency of the European Union to extend the battle against corruption, human and drug trafficking and to improve border control, steps that will help lead to the lifting of visa requirements for Ukrainians.
Spain’s Secretaries of State for Security, Antonio Camacho, and Justice, Juan Carlos Campo, took [...]
The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women was launched on March 8, 2010 at a global summit in Washington, DC, with a focus on creating public-private partnerships to end violence against women. The Partnership is itself an example of such a partnership, bringing together the US Department of State, the Avon Foundation and Vital [...]
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland last week announced an in-depth Inquiry into human trafficking in Scotland with a particular focus on commercial sexual exploitation. This Inquiry cannot get underway too soon as, shockingly, there have been no convictions for trafficking offences in Scotland compared to over 100 convictions [...]
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Aid agencies working in Haiti are worried about the number of unaccounted children missing since the earthquake, who are at risk of falling prey to child traffickers and to families from abroad who are desperate to adopt.
UNICEF spokesperson Roshan Khadiva, said ‘The earthquake had left thousands of children vulnerable’ and warned that [...]
On 20th November 2009, ECPAT UK together with the Metropolitan Police Service’s Operation Golf (Operation Golf is a part EC funded ‘Joint Investigation Team’ investigating Romanian Roma organised crime networks. This investigation targets one of the largest human trafficking rings in Europe, trafficking children for the purposes of begging, volume crime and large scale benefit [...]
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Human trafficking, also known as modern-day slavery, is one of the most egregious violations of human rights and crimes. Women, men, and children are the face of victims, most often found in forced sexual and labor exploitation. No countries are immune to human trafficking. According to various UN reports, 12.3 [...]
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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