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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Indonesia bans UAE ‘trafficking agencies’ - The National
Source: The National
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Minneapolis Lao-American fights human trafficking in Laos | MinnPost
Minneapolis Lao-American fights human trafficking in Laos | MinnPost
"Seneyakone, 28, is packing for a one-way trip in September to relive the simpler life of her homeland and to fulfill Tonglor’s dreams of empowering disadvantaged people in Laos, standing by the victims of sex trafficking and convincing them that life has more in store for them."
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http://www.minnpost.com/community-sketchbook/2013/08/minneapolis-lao-american-fights-human-trafficking-laos
Courtesy of Thouni Seneyaone
Thouni Seneyaone: “My grandma wanted me to get education in the states and use
my education and talent to assist the needy.”
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http://www.minnpost.com/community-sketchbook/2013/08/minneapolis-lao-american-fights-human-trafficking-laos
Training of Trainers to enhance police response in addressing child sexual exploitation in the Mekong
Source: UNODC
http://www.unodc.org/southeastasiaandpacific/en/2013/08/childhood-training/story.html
Bangkok (Thailand), 6 August 2013 - Although the sexual exploitation of children by travelling child-sex offenders remains prevalent in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam, better collaboration between law enforcement officials across and within borders and stronger investigation and enforcement capacity is beginning to have a positive impact, say regional experts.
"In the analysis of chat logs, INTERPOL experts have said that child sex offenders are starting to say "stay out of Bangkok" and "stay out of Southeast Asia". The work police officers do everyday contributes to this," said Ms. Margaret Akullo, Project Coordinator, Project Childhood (Protection Pillar). "Police Officers have taken a stand, a stand that says we do not tolerate child sexual exploitation in our countries."
Ms. Akullo was speaking in Bangkok recently at a five-day training of trainers for police officers organized by Project Childhood (Protection Pillar), in partnership with UNODC, INTERPOL and World Vision.
Project Childhood is a $7.5 million Australian AID (AusAID) funded initiative to combat the sexual exploitation of children in the Greater Mekong sub-region countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Building on Australia's long-term support for programs that better protect children and prevent their abuse, Project Childhood is being implemented in two complementary pillars- the Protection Pillar, a partnership between UNODC and INTERPOL, and the Prevention Pillar, implemented by World Vision.
Attended by officers from the four Project Childhood countries who work in crimes against children units, the workshop aimed to improve investigative skills and knowledge on child sexual exploitation cases. The training utilized the newly developed police-training curriculum,Investigating Sexual Exploitation of Children.
Despite the successes achieved by the GMS countries, participants noted that stopping the sexual exploitation of children by traveling sex offenders still required greater coordination and cooperation between GMS criminal justice agencies.
"The results of our collaborative efforts show that we need our friends from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam," said Pol. Col Dr. Surasak Laohapiboolkul, Instructor, Police Education Bureau of Thailand. "This forum can be the beginning of a new era for protecting sexually abused children in our region - if we continue to work together."
Trainers for the five-day session included Dr. Geeta Sekhon (UNODC expert and trainer on gender), Warren Bulmer (Canada), Bob Shilling (INTERPOL) and Jane Walsh (Australian Federal Police), all of whom are specialists in the area of crimes against children. Facilitation of the training event was provided by the INTERPOL Coordinator, Annethe Ahlenius.
"Cooperation is essential to do this job properly. It does no good if we chase an offender out of one country and into another," said INTERPOL's Mr. Shilling. "The more we cooperate and put these perpetrators behind bars, the better off everyone will be."
Mr. Jeremy Douglas, UNODC Regional Representative, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, highlighted the importance of a cooperative effort and the dissemination of training back to their countries.
"This is a significant milestone for Project Childhood (Protection Pillar)," said Mr. Douglas. "The training provides an excellent opportunity for officers to learn and share with other police colleagues, and to take what they learned from this event back with them and hold their own training sessions."
Curriculum topics included gender issues during police work, first response duties of frontline officers, analysis of evidence and images of child pornography, typologies of sex offenders, and cooperation in the investigation of these cases. Sexual exploitation of boys, a widely unrecognized crime, was also discussed by officers, who agreed that further work was required in this area.
http://www.unodc.org/southeastasiaandpacific/en/2013/08/childhood-training/story.html
Bangkok (Thailand), 6 August 2013 - Although the sexual exploitation of children by travelling child-sex offenders remains prevalent in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam, better collaboration between law enforcement officials across and within borders and stronger investigation and enforcement capacity is beginning to have a positive impact, say regional experts.
"In the analysis of chat logs, INTERPOL experts have said that child sex offenders are starting to say "stay out of Bangkok" and "stay out of Southeast Asia". The work police officers do everyday contributes to this," said Ms. Margaret Akullo, Project Coordinator, Project Childhood (Protection Pillar). "Police Officers have taken a stand, a stand that says we do not tolerate child sexual exploitation in our countries."
Ms. Akullo was speaking in Bangkok recently at a five-day training of trainers for police officers organized by Project Childhood (Protection Pillar), in partnership with UNODC, INTERPOL and World Vision. Project Childhood is a $7.5 million Australian AID (AusAID) funded initiative to combat the sexual exploitation of children in the Greater Mekong sub-region countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Building on Australia's long-term support for programs that better protect children and prevent their abuse, Project Childhood is being implemented in two complementary pillars- the Protection Pillar, a partnership between UNODC and INTERPOL, and the Prevention Pillar, implemented by World Vision.
Attended by officers from the four Project Childhood countries who work in crimes against children units, the workshop aimed to improve investigative skills and knowledge on child sexual exploitation cases. The training utilized the newly developed police-training curriculum,Investigating Sexual Exploitation of Children. Despite the successes achieved by the GMS countries, participants noted that stopping the sexual exploitation of children by traveling sex offenders still required greater coordination and cooperation between GMS criminal justice agencies.
"The results of our collaborative efforts show that we need our friends from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam," said Pol. Col Dr. Surasak Laohapiboolkul, Instructor, Police Education Bureau of Thailand. "This forum can be the beginning of a new era for protecting sexually abused children in our region - if we continue to work together."
Trainers for the five-day session included Dr. Geeta Sekhon (UNODC expert and trainer on gender), Warren Bulmer (Canada), Bob Shilling (INTERPOL) and Jane Walsh (Australian Federal Police), all of whom are specialists in the area of crimes against children. Facilitation of the training event was provided by the INTERPOL Coordinator, Annethe Ahlenius. "Cooperation is essential to do this job properly. It does no good if we chase an offender out of one country and into another," said INTERPOL's Mr. Shilling. "The more we cooperate and put these perpetrators behind bars, the better off everyone will be."
Mr. Jeremy Douglas, UNODC Regional Representative, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, highlighted the importance of a cooperative effort and the dissemination of training back to their countries. "This is a significant milestone for Project Childhood (Protection Pillar)," said Mr. Douglas. "The training provides an excellent opportunity for officers to learn and share with other police colleagues, and to take what they learned from this event back with them and hold their own training sessions."
Curriculum topics included gender issues during police work, first response duties of frontline officers, analysis of evidence and images of child pornography, typologies of sex offenders, and cooperation in the investigation of these cases. Sexual exploitation of boys, a widely unrecognized crime, was also discussed by officers, who agreed that further work was required in this area.
EEOC is using labor law to bring civil actions against suspected human traffickers - ABA Journal
Source: ABA Journal
On August 11, 2013, Terry Carter writes in the ABA Journal:
"Efforts to thwart human trafficking in workers has increased significantly in recent years, and the pace will quicken as employment rights intersect with human rights as an enforcement tool, shining a spotlight on employers."
On August 11, 2013, Terry Carter writes in the ABA Journal:
"Efforts to thwart human trafficking in workers has increased significantly in recent years, and the pace will quicken as employment rights intersect with human rights as an enforcement tool, shining a spotlight on employers."
“This is not just a [Justice Department] problem, not just a criminal problem,” Robert Canino, a Dallas attorney for the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, told the audience Sunday morning at an ABA Annual Meeting program. He was explaining how he was able to develop new approaches to human trafficking violations."
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Phuket warned human-trafficking record may result in European ban on seafood
Source: Phuket Gazette -
Friday, August 9, 2013 10:37:00 AM
http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-warned-human-trafficking-record-may-result-in-European-ban-on-seafood-21903.html
Friday, August 9, 2013 10:37:00 AM
http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Phuket-warned-human-trafficking-record-may-result-in-European-ban-on-seafood-21903.html
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PHUKET: Any deterioration in Thailand’s human-trafficking record may lead to a European ban on importing seafood from the Kingdom, Phuket Marine Police were warned yesterday.
The message was delivered at a seminar intended to remind local Marine Police and those involved in Phuket’s fishing industry of the legal obligations to be upheld regarding human trafficking.
The seminar, headed by visiting senior prosecutor Kittipong Teeranatthapong, was held at the Phuket Marine Police Station in Phuket Town.
“The European Union has an index for nations whose fishing industries are corrupted by human trafficking. Under the system, Q1 is Good, Q2 is Medium and Q3 is Bad,” Marine Police Region 8 Deputy Superintendent Lt Col Prasert Srikunrat explained to his officers.
“Right now Thailand qualifies as -Q2, but that might drop to Q3 in the future. That will affect our fishing product exports because Europe will say no to them if the situation worsens,” he said.
“We want the European Union to have more confidence in Thailand, so we have to raise our standards and really prove that we take a strong line against human trafficking,” Col Prasert added.
“We want to make sure that Phuket does not have any human trafficking corrupting the fishing industry here,” he affirmed.
PHUKET: Any deterioration in Thailand’s human-trafficking record may lead to a European ban on importing seafood from the Kingdom, Phuket Marine Police were warned yesterday.
The message was delivered at a seminar intended to remind local Marine Police and those involved in Phuket’s fishing industry of the legal obligations to be upheld regarding human trafficking.
The seminar, headed by visiting senior prosecutor Kittipong Teeranatthapong, was held at the Phuket Marine Police Station in Phuket Town.
“The European Union has an index for nations whose fishing industries are corrupted by human trafficking. Under the system, Q1 is Good, Q2 is Medium and Q3 is Bad,” Marine Police Region 8 Deputy Superintendent Lt Col Prasert Srikunrat explained to his officers.
“Right now Thailand qualifies as -Q2, but that might drop to Q3 in the future. That will affect our fishing product exports because Europe will say no to them if the situation worsens,” he said.
“We want the European Union to have more confidence in Thailand, so we have to raise our standards and really prove that we take a strong line against human trafficking,” Col Prasert added.
“We want to make sure that Phuket does not have any human trafficking corrupting the fishing industry here,” he affirmed.
– Saran Mitrarat
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Phuket, Thailand10:37 local time (GMT +7 |
Thailand arrests suspected leader of human trafficking gang
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Pairat Temphairojana reports that "Thai authorities have captured the suspected leader of a human trafficking gang, who confessed to selling some migrants from Myanmar into slavery on Thai fishing boats and possibly murdering as many as seven, a Thai official said on Friday."
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Sex traffickers exploiting children along border; Latina legislators vow to improve detection
Source: NBCLatino
Erika L. Sanchez writes
Currently, the screening at the border to identify victims of child trafficking is performed by Customs and Border Protection personnel who are not specialists in child welfare. California Democratic Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, who has been working on immigration issues for the last 20 years, says that after extensive research, she and her staff became aware of the dire need for legislation. “This is a much bigger issue than any of us realized,” she says."
Continue reading here:
http://nbclatino.com/2013/08/08/sex-traffickers-exploiting-children-along-border-latina-legislators-vow-to-improve-detection/
Erika L. Sanchez writes
Currently, the screening at the border to identify victims of child trafficking is performed by Customs and Border Protection personnel who are not specialists in child welfare. California Democratic Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, who has been working on immigration issues for the last 20 years, says that after extensive research, she and her staff became aware of the dire need for legislation. “This is a much bigger issue than any of us realized,” she says."
Continue reading here:
http://nbclatino.com/2013/08/08/sex-traffickers-exploiting-children-along-border-latina-legislators-vow-to-improve-detection/
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