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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.

TRAFFICKING ․ Sexually exploited women arrested․ Police disclosure

Officers from the Anti-Trafficking Division of the General Department of Criminal Police received operative information that two women, a 36-year-old resident of Yerevan, a 45-year-old resident of the Ararat region, were sexually exploiting a third woman. The exploiters took advantage of the fact that the woman was completely or partially deprived of the opportunity to realize the nature and significance of her actions due to a mental disorder.

ArmenPress.am: Violence is hidden in silence. Last year, 12 citizens of the Republic of Armenia were victims of trafficking

According to the US State Department, human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the world, and according to Interpol, white slavery is the biggest source of money after drug and arms trafficking. Children make up 30 percent of the world’s trafficking victims. In recent years, especially cases of labor trafficking have been registered in Armenia.

Sputnik Armenia: Abused and filmed – the family is accused of trafficking a minor

Parents exploited the minor under the threat of violence, and their son and milkmaid abused him. A case of trafficking of a minor has been identified in Armenia. A family of three was charged on the basis of Part 1 of Article 132 (slavery or bringing to a state similar to slavery or other dependent position, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy). This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee.

ArmenPress: Two women have been charged with attempting to involve minors in begging

The criminal case under investigation at the Main Investigation Department of the RA Investigative Committee revealed a number of circumstances of violence against minors and attempts to involve them in begging, causing severe physical pain. The charges were brought against two women. “Armenpress” was informed about this in the department of public relations and information of the RA Investigative Committee.

NewsArmenia: 46-year-old man accused of forcing a mentally ill person to beg in Yerevan

A 46-year-old man in Armenia arrested on charges of trafficking or exploitation. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee. During the preliminary investigation, it became known that in January-February 2019, a 46-year-old man, having met a woman born in 1973, suffering from a mental illness, forced her to beg on different streets of Yerevan. In addition, he periodically showed violence against her.

Police of RA: TRAFFICKING․ Thematic reference and investigations

The RA Police once again referred to the problem of trafficking, presenting the peculiarities of the phenomenon and the latest revelations in the sphere. The whole video is below:

Police of RA: Crime news daily report

According to the operations reports of Police of the Republic of Armenia, 51 cases of crime have been detected by officers of various police subdivisions in the territory of the republic from March 4 to March 5, 4 of which were earlier committed crimes.