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Cox: Human traffickers target youngsters on social media – Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Cox: Human traffickers target youngsters on social media – Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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Sean Douglas Donna Cox MINISTER of Social Development Donna Cox has warned that human traffickers were using social media to try to ensnare youngsters and adults into a life of exploitation. She was speaking on Wednesday at the Brix Hotel, St Ann’s, at the launch of Heal, Empower, Rise Counter Trafficking in Persons (HER CTIP)…

Promoting women in law enforcement: Ambrin’s story
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Promoting women in law enforcement: Ambrin’s story

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Can you tell us a bit about yourself and speak about some of the personal challenges you have overcome?  My name is Ambrin Kanwal, and I have worked for the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Pakistan since 2015. I have 7 sisters and 4 brothers, and my father is a retired army officer. I belong…

Launch of the Agents of Change Course in Bolivia – Virtual Event
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Launch of the Agents of Change Course in Bolivia – Virtual Event

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Fabio González, Senior Project Officer at ECPAT International Thanks to the efforts of Consorcio ECPAT Bolivia, government officials in Bolivia are now enrolled in the Agents of Change program, to learn how to better support child victims of sexual exploitation.  ECPAT International is pleased to share that the Pluri-National Council to End Trafficking and Sexual…

First Person: Human trafficking, migrant smuggling, still significant threats in Asia
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First Person: Human trafficking, migrant smuggling, still significant threats in Asia

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Martin Reeve is a Regional Adviser for GLO.ACT a joint European Union-UNODC programme which focuses on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. He spoke to UN News from his base in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. 

UN experts urge India to align new anti-trafficking bill with human rights law
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UN experts urge India to align new anti-trafficking bill with human rights law

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Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, and Urmila Boola, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, said in a statement that they were “gravely concerned” about the bill as presented by the Government to the Indian Parliament last week. “Its focus on addressing trafficking from a criminal law perspective is not sufficiently complemented…