NZ a ‘destination country’ for sex trafficking

Tuesday, June 24th, 2014

New Zealand is a destination country for foreign men and women subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking, a US State Department report has claimed.

The department’s 2014 Trafficking in Persons Report has also labelled New Zealand as a source country for children subjected to sex trafficking within the country.

“A small number of girls and boys, often of Maori or Pacific Islander descent, are subjected to street prostitution, and some are victims of gang-controlled trafficking rings,” the report stated.

“Some children are recruited by other girls or compelled by family members into child prostitution.” continue reading

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Tags: Human Trafficking, Sexual exploitation

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