CNBC: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2022: All you need to know
Nearly 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020, up by 22 percent from 2010, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It added that the number of cannabis users increased by nearly 18 percent between 2010 and 2020.
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Meeting of the Counter-Trafficking Inter-Agency Working Group to Present Findings of an Expert Assessment
On May 12, the Government of Armenia with the support of USAID-funded Data for Impact (D4I) Strengthening Armenia’s Counter-Trafficking Monitoring Systems project organized an event for the Counter-Trafficking Working Group (C-TIP WG). The WG meeting was held at Ani Grand Hotel and brought together 33 participants from state, non-state and international agencies.
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9news.com: What parents should know about human trafficking
Dozens of groups are working to ensure that kids stay safe.
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ArmenPress: Deputy Chairman of the RA Investigative Committee, hosted USAID Anti-Trafficking Program Officer
On February 16, Arsen Ayvazyan, Deputy Chairman of the RA Investigative Committee, hosted Lillian Magito, USAID Anti-Trafficking Program Officer, 2020-2022.
An official from the RA Investigative Committee told Armenpress that during the meeting the Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee presented in detail the statistics of criminal cases related to human trafficking in recent years, as well as the work done by the relevant department of the RA Investigative Committee.
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Armenia ombudsman: Azerbaijan actually carries out human trafficking by holding captives
Azerbaijan holds Armenians captive for no reason; solely for political and military dividends. The Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Armenia, Arman Tatoyan, told this to a press conference Friday.
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ABC17news: Coronavirus pandemic increases human trafficking
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the problem of human trafficking. According to the U.S State Department, an estimated 24.9 million adults and children are subjected to human trafficking around the world, including in the United States.
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International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2021
To “build back better” world must end slavery for all, including women and children ̶ UN experts
GENEVA (1 December 2021) – The effects of current global challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis, climate change and armed conflict are pushing an increased number of people into contemporary forms of slavery. The situation of women and children is of particular concern, UN human rights experts say in this statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery:
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Hetq.am: A woman wanted on charges of human trafficking has been found
The RA Police informs that on November 2, the officers of the Vagharshapat Police Department inspected a number of hotels in the area served by the Vagharshapat Department, finding several dozen foreign citizens living without valid visas, residence status and invalid documents.
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Analitik.am: The lawyer is accused of selling a child
Lawyer Armenuhi Arakelyan (68200820) was charged with the article “Purchase of a child for the purpose of taking care of a child or sale of a child for the purpose of handing over the care of the person receiving the care” (Article 168, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia).
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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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