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| | Trafficking in human beings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | This law also attempted to encourage efforts to prevent human trafficking internationally, by creating annual country reports on trafficking, as well as by tying financial non-humanitarian assistance to foreign countries to real efforts in addressing human trafficking. | | | First, parents may sell children to traffickers in order to pay off debts or gain income. | | | Report on US government activities combatting trafficking in 2005 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafficking_in_human_beings
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| | Trafficking in human beings (Dr Adam Graycar) [Speeches and Papers by AIC Staff] |
| | It estimates that of these about 4 million are smuggled or trafficked, according to definitions used by the IOM, and this generates revenue of $5-7 billion. | | | The Australian government is considering the issue of arrangements for undocumented migrants who are prepared to testify against organisers. | | | Traffickers alllso depend on skilled individuals who provide specialised products and services to the criminal organisation. |
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http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/other/graycar_adam/1999-07-trafficking-html.html
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| | Trafficking in Human Beings |
| | Human trafficking was also identified as one of the new risks and challenges to security by the OSCE Ministerial Council in 1998. | | | In some cases, the trafficked persons or their families are required to pay back their repatriation costs, further adding to their dependence and debt. | | | By all accounts, trafficking is a complicated and multifaceted problem that requires a co-ordinated, interdisciplinary, and international response. |
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http://www.osce.org/documents/odihr/1999/09/1503_en.html
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| | IV. Country Narratives: Western Hemisphere |
| | The government publishes a multi-lingual pamphlet about trafficking and funds a range of Canada-based NGOs and institutions that are active in efforts to prevent trafficking. | | | The government needs to publicly acknowledge that trafficking occurs, implement a national plan to prevent teenagers from entering the sex trade, and end its forced labor practices. | | | The government has recently adopted a comprehensive national plan to protect children from internal trafficking, but is only at the beginning stages of implementing it. |
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http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/33198.htm
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| | Criminal Justice Resources : Human Trafficking |
| | This is the second annual Trafficking in Persons Report report to Congress, as required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, on the status of severe forms of trafficking in persons worldwide. | | | Researchers found that most human smugglers are ordinary citizens whose social networks provide the necessary connections and resources to profit from human trade. | | | The 150-country report is the most comprehensive worldwide report on the efforts of governments to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons, or modern-day slavery. |
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http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/human.htm
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| | NATO Topics - Trafficking in human beings |
| | Nations are required to ensure that members of their forces - as well as civilian elements - who engage in trafficking in human beings or facilitate it, are liable to appropriate prosecution and punishment under national legislation. | | | NATO member countries are all signatory to the UN Protocol on Trafficking in Persons. | | | Allies also agreed to review national legislation and report on national efforts in this regard. |
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http://www.nato.int/issues/trafficking
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| | EUROPA - Justice and Home Affairs - Freedom, Security and Justice - Human beings (trafficking) |
| | The Council welcomed the general approach given in the document to the prevention and combating of the scourge of trafficking in human beings and agreed to examine appropriate proposals made to implement specific items contained in the Declaration. | | | Furthermore, funding is available under the AGIS framework programme to evaluate policies, exchange good practices and improve cooperation, especially between EU member states, but also withcandidate and third countries. | | | The human rights of trafficked persons, the specific situation of children, the need for a holistic and integrated approach will be particularly important issues in this context. |
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http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/fsj/crime/trafficking/fsj_crime_human_trafficking_en.htm
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| | Memorandum on the draft European Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Protection of the Rights of ... |
| | Protection and support services must be provided on a consensual basis (upon full disclosure of all mechanisms and services available) and should be based on an individualized needs and risk-assessment, without delay at the time of identification, and thereafter should be regularly and periodically reviewed. | | | The safety of their family members’ must also be taken into account. | | | The European Convention on action against trafficking in human beings should also require states to assess and provide, in each case, service and protection measures required for third persons, including members of the trafficked person’s family. |
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| | References to Cockayne: Trafficking in the EU |
| | References to Cockayne: Trafficking in the EU Resources for Trafficking in Human Beings in the EU Is the European Union’s response to trafficking in human beings appropriate to the realities of supply and demand? | | | Trafficking in Migrants Quarterly Bulletin Issue 13, December 1996 | | | Trafficking in Migrants Quarterly Bulletin Issue 12: September 1996 |
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| | Global Programme against Trafficking in Human Beings |
| | Smuggling of human beings is a business that is estimated to generate gross earnings of US$ 5-7 billion annually. | | | Contributions, earmarked for the Global Programme Against Trafficking in Human Beings, can be made directly to United Nations dollar account 0011505302 at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. | | | Organized crime groups, both local and transnational, are facilitating and/or managing smuggling and human exploitation for huge profits. |
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http://www.uncjin.org/CICP/Folder/traff.htm
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| | Trafficking in Human Beings |
| | provide assistance to agencies, institutions and governments as part of an interdisciplinary effort to design effective measures against trafficking in human beings. | | | How is “trafficking in persons” different from the smuggling of migrants? | | | Trafficking in human beings is a global issue, but a lack of systematic research means that reliable data on the trafficking of human beings that would allow comparative analyses and the design of countermeasures is scarce. |
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http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/trafficking_human_beings.html
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| | Trafficking in Human Beings Reprehensible, Says UN's Kofi Annan |
| | According to the Geneva-based International Organisation for Migration (IOM), human trafficking is a thriving 7-billion-dollar annual global business with links to the international arms trade, drugs, prostitution and child abuse. | | | The four-day conference, which is for the signing of a new UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime, is being attended by ministers and delegates from over 120 countries. | | | Urging member states to sign and ratify the Convention, which includes provisions against human trafficking and smuggling of migrants, Annan said the fate of these most vulnerable people is ''an affront to human dignity and a challenge to every state, every people, and every community''. |
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| | Trafficking in human beings |
| | The objective of the Task Force is to identify and implement measures required to fulfil the goal "to make concerted effort to stop trafficking in human beings in the Barents Region", as directed by the Prime Ministers in the Declaration adopted at the Jubilee Summit in Kirkenes. | | | After the 10 Year Anniversary Summit in Kirkenes 11 January 2003 a Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region (TF-THB) was established. | | | - The participating countries shall exchange annual reports concerning the situation of trafficking in the region |
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| | WomenWatch: Directory of UN Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women |
| | UNFPA is one of several UN agencies working on trafficking, both through partnerships and by promoting dialogue to bring greater visibility to the issue and share information about it. | | | From October 2004 to January 2005, WomenWatch hosted a series of online discussions on the Platform's critical areas of concern and other important issues to provide input into the review and appraisal of the Bejing Declaration and Platform for Action. | | | UNODC Web-site Section on Trafficking in Human Beings |
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| | AFSJ - Trafficking in Human Beings |
| | The Protocol requires each State Party to make trafficking a criminal offence. | | | Article 5 of the Charter expressly states that “trafficking in human beings is prohibited.” | | | criminalise various acts (trafficking, use of the services of a victim, falsification of documents and trafficking in false documents) and sanction them (e.g. |
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http://www.europarl.eu.int/comparl/libe/elsj/zoom_in/41_en.htm
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| | Interpol - Trafficking in Human Beings |
| | Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation is a multi-billion-dollar business which involves citizens of most countries and helps sustain organized crime. | | | People smuggling implies the procurement, for financial or material gain, of the illegal entry into a state of which that person is neither a citizen nor a permanent resident. | | | Interpol aims to end the abuse and exploitation of human beings for financial gain. |
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| | Human Trafficking - US Department of State |
| | Private, nonprofit organizations worldwide have been instrumental in bringing the issue of human trafficking to governments' attention and are key to providing essential services to victims, the top U.S. policymaker on global trafficking says. | | | Ambassador John Miller, senior adviser to the secretary of state for human trafficking, said May 3 that the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act would not have passed in 2000 without the support from the faith-based and women's groups that brought the issue to the attention of Congress. | | | Experts gather to discuss dimension of issue that includes labor abuses |
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| | The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking: About Human Trafficking |
| | It was enacted to prevent human trafficking overseas, to protect victims and help them rebuild their lives in the U.S., and to prosecute traffickers of humans under Federal penalties. | | | Approximately 800,000 to 900,000 victims annually are trafficked across international borders world wide, and between 18,000 and 20,000 of those victims are trafficked into the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of State. | | | But trafficking also occurs in forms of labor exploitation, such as domestic servitude, restaurant work, janitorial work, sweatshop factory work and migrant agricultural work. |
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| | Trafficking in Human Beings Meeting Opens March 29 in Manila |
| | Delegates from more than 20 Asia-Pacific nations are expected to send government and non-government organization representatives to attend the meeting. | | | The goal of the meeting is to develop a comprehensive and implementable regional action plan and project proposals to combat trafficking within and from Asia. | | | Representatives from multilateral organizations will also take part. |
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| | This is why the Organisation is well placed to ensure that its member states adopt measures to fight trafficking in human beings, paying particular attention to the protection of the rights of victims. | | | Its 46 member states include countries of origin, transit and destination of the victims of trafficking. | | | Regional Seminar on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings: Prevention, Protection and Prosecution, Bucharest (Romania), 4-5 April 2006 in the framework of the Romanian Chairmanship to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. |
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| | M2 Presswire: Thematic discussion on trafficking in human beings held as part of Twelfth Session of Commission on Crime ... |
| | VIENNA (UN Information Service) -- A thematic discussion focusing on "Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and Children", was held at the Vienna International Centre on 13-14 May as part of the twelfth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. | | | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. | | | Search for more information on HighBeam Research for. |
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| | stopVAW -- Stop trafficking in human beings |
| | Permission is granted to use this material for non-commercial purposes. | | | "Stop Trafficking in Human Beings: Useful Information for Identification, Assistance and Protection of Victims" provides information and a list of organizations and institutions individuals can contact with knowledge or information on human trafficking or its victims in Croatia. | | | A project by Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights |
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http://www.stopvaw.org/9May2005.html
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