Armenian Public Radio: Interview with Kristina Hovhannisyan, Head of the Equal Opportunities Department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
“Human Trafficking Awareness-Prevention” Information Campaign, which aims to raise public awareness of the mechanisms for the prevention of human trafficking-related phenomena and effective solutions to the problems arising from them.
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Gyumri visit within the framework of Human Trafficking and Exploitation Awareness and Prevention Information Campaign
With the joint efforts of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the UMCOR Armenia, an awareness-raising course was held at the “Shirak Region Child-Family Support Center” SNCO within the framework of the “Human Trafficking & Exploitation Awareness and Prevention information campaign.
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ArmeniaSputnik.am: Migrants who break the law often become victims of trafficking. Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation
The problem of illegal migration in Russia still persists, but some improvement in the situation has become obvious. This was stated by the country’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov. Victims of trafficking are those who have violated the law on entry and residence in Russia. Such migrants are easy “prey” for criminals, said Russia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov.
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Human Trafficking: IOM and Microsoft Release Largest Public Dataset
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) today released a new synthetic dataset on human trafficking, made possible by innovative technology developed in partnership with Microsoft Research. This dataset represents the largest collection of primary human trafficking case data ever made available to the public, while enabling strong privacy guarantees that preserve the anonymity and safety of victims and survivors.
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Trafficking in Persons (TIP) 2021 Report is available
US State Department annually publishes the Trafficking in Persons report which is a comprehensive resource about the measures for preventing and disclosing trafficking cases around the world. The report is the main diplomatic tool of the US department to inform foreign governments about human trafficking and rights.
US State Department published trafficking in persons (TIP) 2021 report, which is available here. For the Armenia part only click here.
Investigative Committee: Spouses and their son are accused of human trafficking
As a result of the large-scale investigative-judicial actions carried out during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case on labor trafficking in the RA Investigative Committee, the circumstances of the case, as well as the whole circle of alleged perpetrators, were clarified.
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HHPress.am: Azerbaijan encourages trafficking
The world has a task to prove that it is faithful to its declared value system, the importance of which can be proved only by the seriousness of its struggle for it. When values are saved, so are people. Those who consider crime possible and permissible, in principle, prove only one thing: they do not care about what does not happen to them.
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Want to save the children? How child sexual abuse and human trafficking really work
Millions of kidnapped children are imprisoned in underground tunnels, being sexually abused and tortured by a shadowy global cabal of paedophiles.
That, at least, is some of the misinformation about child sex trafficking being spread on social media. You’ll also see such ideas being promoted at protests from Los Angeles to London, with hashtags such as #saveourchildren and #endchildtrafficking emblazoned on shirts and placards.
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Azatutyun.am: Lukashenko says “Belarus may stop the fight against drug smuggling and illegal migration through their country to Europe.”
“The Belarusian authorities can stop the fight against drug trafficking smuggled into Europe through their territory,” President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at a parliamentary session in Minsk today.
“We were stopping drugs and immigrants. “Now you will arrest them and you will judge them,” Lukashenko said, addressing the leaders of the EU member states.
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250,000 AMD one-time support for the victims of human trafficking and exploitation
In addition to the services provided by law, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs provides a one-time 250,000 AMD assistance to trafficked and exploited persons.
The program can be used by persons identified as victims of trafficking or exploitation by the Commission for the Identification of Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings in the manner prescribed by law.
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