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According to CNN, traffickers are taking advantage of the current instability in Haiti to take children and organs out of the country. Many children have been orphaned and the massive displacement of people, in makeshift dwellings, make them extremely vulnerable: Haiti is trying to locate displaced children and register them so they can either be [...]
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The South African Government has recently published a bill that will form the foundations of future legislation on Human Trafficking. Until now there has been no legislation specifically dealing with trafficking: “human traffickers could only be charged with kidnapping, or, when relevant, assault and murder. Women and children are most vulnerable, most often being used [...]
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A select committee report released today insists that the UK Government, Judges and Police begin to take Trafficking in Persons more seriously: “[law] enforcement is patchy, prosecution rates are low and there is little protection for victims. What we have is in effect a resurgence of a type of slave trade, yet we have no [...]
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