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Today, Azerbaijan
Dec 15 2010
Council of Europe: Azerbaijan is source and transit country for human
trafficking
15 December 2010 [13:41] - Today.Az
Azerbaijan is a source and transit country for human trafficking,
Head of Judicial Co-operation, Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
Unit at the Council of Europe Danuta Wisniewska-Cazals said at the
seminar on fighting and preventing trafficking in human beings in
Baku.
The two-day seminar is organized by the Council of Europe and
Azerbaijani Interior Ministry's Department for Combating Human
Trafficking.
Victims of human trafficking are sent from Azerbaijan to Turkey and
Arabian countries for sexual exploitation and men to Russian for labor
exploitation, she said. Noting that women are the main target,
Wisniewska-Cazals said sometimes women became victims of the sexual
exploitation and forced to begging within the country. She said that a
limited number of victims of human trafficking are brought to
Azerbaijan.
Europe adopted the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human
Beings only this year. The Convention was undersigned by 33 countries
and 30 countries ratified it. Azerbaijan joined this Convention in
February 2010.
The Azerbaijani Interior Ministry's Department for Combat with Human
Trafficking reported that the department recorded 70 facts of human
trafficking. 34 people were brought to responsibly over these facts.
34 people become a victim of human trafficking.
In 2010, the department recorded one fact on forced involvement in
labor. Three Azerbaijani citizens were involved in forced labor in
Poland. A criminal case was opened and the investigation is underway
over the fact.
/Trend/
URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/78187.html
From: A. Papazian
Dec 15 2010
Council of Europe: Azerbaijan is source and transit country for human
trafficking
15 December 2010 [13:41] - Today.Az
Azerbaijan is a source and transit country for human trafficking,
Head of Judicial Co-operation, Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation
Unit at the Council of Europe Danuta Wisniewska-Cazals said at the
seminar on fighting and preventing trafficking in human beings in
Baku.
The two-day seminar is organized by the Council of Europe and
Azerbaijani Interior Ministry's Department for Combating Human
Trafficking.
Victims of human trafficking are sent from Azerbaijan to Turkey and
Arabian countries for sexual exploitation and men to Russian for labor
exploitation, she said. Noting that women are the main target,
Wisniewska-Cazals said sometimes women became victims of the sexual
exploitation and forced to begging within the country. She said that a
limited number of victims of human trafficking are brought to
Azerbaijan.
Europe adopted the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human
Beings only this year. The Convention was undersigned by 33 countries
and 30 countries ratified it. Azerbaijan joined this Convention in
February 2010.
The Azerbaijani Interior Ministry's Department for Combat with Human
Trafficking reported that the department recorded 70 facts of human
trafficking. 34 people were brought to responsibly over these facts.
34 people become a victim of human trafficking.
In 2010, the department recorded one fact on forced involvement in
labor. Three Azerbaijani citizens were involved in forced labor in
Poland. A criminal case was opened and the investigation is underway
over the fact.
/Trend/
URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/78187.html
From: A. Papazian