The Vatican is hosting an international workshop on human trafficking this weekend (November 2-3), at the request of Pope Francis. The aim is to get an accurate picture of “the real state” of this heinous criminal activity against human dignity in order to explore new ways to better combat it. Recent trends reveal that trafficking Read more
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Human Trafficking a reality in NZ waters
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012University of Auckland researchers have concluded that many Indonesian crew on Korean chartered fishing vessels in New Zealand waters are victims of human trafficking for forced labour. That’s what Dr Christina Stringer, senior lecturer at the university’s Department of Management and International Business, told a meeting of Catholic Religious Against Human Trafficking at St Benedict’s church Read more
Child sex tourism, human trafficking persist in Philippines
Friday, June 22nd, 2012
The Philippines has failed to fully comply with the minimum standards to eliminate human trafficking and continues to be a venue for child sex tourism. In not complying, the Philippines remains in Tier 2 of the United States’ Global Trafficking in Persons’ report, a situation that Philippines Justice Secretary Leila de Lima described as “a Read more
Human Trafficking in Solomon Islands
Friday, August 12th, 2011
A workshop organised by the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative attended by lawyers, police, Ports Authority officials and Government officials has been told that “Human trafficking is real and it happens in the Solomon Islands,” Sister Doreen told the workshop that the issue of human trafficking has been seen as a problem experienced only in Read more
NZ not guilty of human trafficking after all
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Embassy of the United States of America in Apia, has issues a statements saying that it is not accusing New Zealand of human trafficking after all. In its statement the Embassy said it wished to correct an inaccurate New Zealand press reports about the Regional Seasonal Employment Scheme. The US Embassy wishes “to correct the Read more
NZ Seasonal workers scheme is human trafficking
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Last month US Human Trafficking Ambassador Luis CdeBaca came to New Zealand with a delegation to talk with government officials, unions and lobby groups. No statement followed, but sources say the Americans were alarmed at a lack of recognition of trafficking in New Zealand. One of the issues the Americans are investigating is the seasonal Read more