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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.


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    URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/78187.html




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