EXACT DATA ON TRAFFICKING VICTIMS NOT AVAILABLE IN ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.05.2009 16:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Trafficking is not only transportation of people
abroad, said OSCE special representative and human trafficking
coordinator Eva Bede at the news conference. According to her, human
trafficking is frequently implemented inside the country. Eva Bede
brought up numerous examples of people exploitation, touched upon
all variants of the trade in people and stressed the necessity of
comprehensive approach in finding solutions to the problem.
Answering the question of a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, what are the
main goals of the newly opened Help Center for Trafficking Victims,
Eva Bede particularly told, that the center is aimed at studying the
problem of trafficking in the country.
According to her, raised public awareness of all possible options of
human trading contributes to its further prevention.
The data on trafficking victims on the territory of Armenia
is not exact and should be corrected. According to the data of
non-governmental organizations, the number of detected crimes in the
area of human trafficking was 8 in 2007 and 4 in 2007 in Armenia. Eva
Bede also noted, that 80 per cent of trafficking victims are women.