Turkey

Turkey is a country located in both Europe and Asia, with a population of over 82 million people. The country is known to be a destination and transit country for human trafficking, particularly for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation.

Victims of human trafficking in Turkey come from various countries, including Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. Women and children are particularly vulnerable, and may be trafficked for sexual exploitation or forced labor in various industries, such as domestic work, construction, and agriculture.

Efforts to combat human trafficking in Turkey have included increased law enforcement efforts, as well as programs aimed at providing support and services to victims. The government has also established a national referral mechanism to identify and assist victims of trafficking.

Despite these efforts, human trafficking remains a significant challenge in Turkey, and further action is needed to prevent trafficking, protect victims, and hold traffickers accountable. This may include strengthening efforts to target trafficking networks, providing greater support and resources to victims, and increasing public awareness and education about the issue.

 

 

Oman, US discuss countering human trafficking – Muscat Daily
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Oman, US discuss countering human trafficking – Muscat Daily

Muscat – H E Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali al Harthy, Undersecretary for Diplomatic Affairs in Foreign Ministry, met Uzra Zeya, US Undersecretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, at the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of bilateral cooperation between the two countries and ways to enhance these….

Forum tackles issue of human trafficking
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Forum tackles issue of human trafficking

Arizona Daily Star Preventing and stopping human trafficking is the focus of a free, day-long forum on April 15. The forum, hosted by the Rotary Club of Marana in partnership with Rotary District 5500 Peacebuilder Clubs, will feature people who work in human trafficking prevention and victim services locally, statewide and nationally. “Awareness, Hope, Action:…

Organ-trafficking Nigerian politician, wife found guilty
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Organ-trafficking Nigerian politician, wife found guilty

A senior wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical “middleman” have been found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot, after they brought a 21-year-old man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, and Dr Obinna Obeta, 50, were convicted of conspiring to exploit the man for his kidney, in…

Human Trafficking–A Deep Dive
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Human Trafficking–A Deep Dive

Human trafficking means the abduction, recruitment, or harbouring of men, women, and children through force or fraud for an act of slavery, forced sexual acts, surrogacy, and the harvest of human organs. It trafficking can occur trans-nationally as well as within the bounds of a single state. The history of human trafficking is as old…

Death in search of a better life – The Express Tribune
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Death in search of a better life – The Express Tribune

By Nabil Tahir | PUBLISHED March 12, 2023 KARACHI: Everyone in this world wants to live a good life. The meaning of a good life can mean different things to different people – it is subjective and can be influenced by personal values, beliefs, and experiences. But all are in search of a better life than…

Migrant smuggling and human trafficking – The Nation
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Migrant smuggling and human trafficking – The Nation

Unemployment and extreme pov­erty in various countries have made many millions of men, women, and children vulnerable to traf­ficking and smuggling. Spurred by the twin crises of rising in­flation and unemployment, scores of Pakistanis are cross­ing national borders through illegal routes. They are even­tually victimised by people who exploit their poverty and helplessness. Due to…

Children among 59 people killed in sailboat crash off Italy's coast – The Guardian
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Children among 59 people killed in sailboat crash off Italy's coast – The Guardian

Fifty-nine people, including a newborn baby and other children, have died after a wooden sailing boat believed to be carrying refugees wrecked against rocks off the coast of Italy’s Calabria region. Many of the bodies were reported to have washed up on a tourist beach near Steccato di Cutro, while others were found at sea….

Paid fines indicate meat industry's use of child labor is more widespread than previously known
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Paid fines indicate meat industry's use of child labor is more widespread than previously known

If Homeland Security is investigating the meat industry for human trafficking as was reported, it could be a long time before anything specific about that is known. But the Labor Department has now imposed monetary penalties totaling $1.5 million on a labor contractor who placed more than 100 children into hazardous meat industry jobs. Those…

Meat plant cleaning service fined $1.5M for hiring minors to work in Colorado, other states
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Meat plant cleaning service fined $1.5M for hiring minors to work in Colorado, other states

By Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — One of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday as it announced over $1.5 million in civil penalties. The investigation into Packers Sanitation Services…

Meat plant cleaning service fined $1.5 million for hiring minors across US
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Meat plant cleaning service fined $1.5 million for hiring minors across US

The Department of Labor says the company employed more than 100 children in jobs at 13 U.S. meatpacking plants, including George’s and Tyson in Arkansas. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — One of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country, the…