Sri Lanka

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Flag of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India. It is a diverse country with a long history and a rich cultural heritage. Sri Lanka is known for its natural beauty, with a wide range of landscapes including mountains, rainforests, and beaches. The official languages of Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Tamil, and the country has a population of over 21 million people.

 

Digitalization of foreign employment, migration sector key to end human trafficking
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Digitalization of foreign employment, migration sector key to end human trafficking

Editor’s note: there are many opinions about digitizing people’s information, many of them related to safety, privacy, and freedom. One concern could be summed up as “It’s fine if the good guys are in charge, but what if the bad guys get access to it?” Please use this as a place to start your research….

Sri Lanka : SLBFE and CID officers leave for Oman to probe human trafficking racket
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Sri Lanka : SLBFE and CID officers leave for Oman to probe human trafficking racket

Sun, Dec 11, 2022, 01:33 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 11, Colombo: A team comprising officers of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had left for Oman Saturday (10) to investigate the human trafficking racket, the SLBFE said. The SLBFE in a statement…

Kidney Racket: Hospital denies involvement in organ trafficking
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Kidney Racket: Hospital denies involvement in organ trafficking

COLOMBO (News 1st) – A Colombo Court on Tuesday (6) remanded a 41-year-old man for his involvement in a kidney transplant racket. The man is said to scammed unsuspecting donors and recipients throught this racket, where transplants are said to have taken place at a leading hospital in Colombo. Western Hospital located on Cotta Road,…

Third secretary of Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman arrested over human trafficking – ColomboPage
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Third secretary of Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman arrested over human trafficking – ColomboPage

Tue, Nov 29, 2022, 10:28 am SL Time, Colombo Page News Desk, Sri Lanka. Nov 29, Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities have arrested the third secretary of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman at the arrival terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport this morning (29). The embassy official identified as E. Kushan was arrested by a…

Why personal is political at FIFA – dtnext
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Why personal is political at FIFA – dtnext

One of the most anticipated events in this season’s sporting calendar, the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, kicked off this month with great fanfare. This time, the onset of the games has been clouded by controversies surrounding the host nation’s human rights track record, with regard to its treatment of migrant workers as well…

Child-friendly framework must fit 2022, not the 80s – UNICEF – Newsfirst
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Child-friendly framework must fit 2022, not the 80s – UNICEF – Newsfirst

COLOMBO (News 1st) – UNICEF says in order to prevent a child protection crisis in Sri Lanka, there needs to be a generation of data on the types of violence against girls and boys, the locations, the perpetrators and the accessibility of services. This will help improve the planning and implementation of programmes to prevent…

Shylock's grip: A spotlight on Chinese debt bondage – dtnext
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Shylock's grip: A spotlight on Chinese debt bondage – dtnext

Editor’s note: lending and how countries and extra-national groups manage their banking is beyond our scope, so this is presented as an opinion piece for you to consider in your research. To be sure, since the start of the made-in-China Covid-19 pandemic, China’s overseas lending for infrastructure projects has been on the decline (until 2019,…

Another Suspect Linked To Human Trafficking Arrested | MENAFN.COM
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Another Suspect Linked To Human Trafficking Arrested | MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN– Colombo Gazette) Another suspect linked to a human trafficking racket was arrested after she surrendered to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Colombo today. The woman had been identified as one of the main suspects linked to the racket. A suspected human trafficking racket had been exposed recently after a number of women stranded…

Another suspect linked to human trafficking arrested – Colombo Gazette
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Another suspect linked to human trafficking arrested – Colombo Gazette

Another suspect linked to a human trafficking racket was arrested after she surrendered to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Colombo today. The woman had been identified as one of the main suspects linked to the racket. A suspected human trafficking racket had been exposed recently after a number of women stranded in Abu Dhabi…

Is there slavery in Qatar? Country receives complaints – The Goa Spotlight
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Is there slavery in Qatar? Country receives complaints – The Goa Spotlight

Modern stadiums, hundreds of large mirrored buildings, modern infrastructure throughout the cities, Qatar seems like a futuristic dream. But the new structures built to host the 2022 World Cup carry a somber imprint. A report by the British newspaper The Guardian revealed that 6,500 workers have died since the Asian country received the right to…