Latest in Tag: human trafficking Highlight
Latest in Tag: human trafficking

UN chief calls for tackling human trafficking by reducing gender inequality
Women make up 49% and girls 23% of all victims of human trafficking. Sexual exploitation is the most common form of exploitation, followed by forced labor

Egypt places great importance on combating human trafficking: Prime Minister
The international awareness day is held on 30 July every year. Egypt’s National Coordinating Committee for Combating and Preventing Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Persons has marked the day with a range of activities as part of the country’s efforts to support human rights issues.

EU, UNODC launch 3-year project to dismantle migrant smuggling, human trafficking networks
Project targets 4 North African countries including Egypt

Court sends 40 people to 3-16 years in jail for human trafficking
Several defendants fined between EGP 2,000-500,000

7 defendants accused of human trafficking to face trial on 19 January
NCCM reported case to prosecution, after child’s kidney was illegally removed

General Prosecutor refers 41 defendants in human trafficking case to Criminal Court
Case involves 20 doctors, 10 nursing staff members in public hospitals

Campaign shows shockingly common forms of human trafficking in Egypt
One girl was married three times before she turned 18; she inspired me, says photographer

People smugglers profiting from plight of refugees
Europe’s refugee drama is a gold mine for unscrupulous people smugglers. Police and the army are stepping up efforts to clamp down on the illegal business of human trafficking. Numbers can never tell the whole story. But they can give a good impression of the dimensions. Here’s one such number: in July alone, 107,500 migrants crossed …

Smugglers make a profit in Egypt’s Delta
Though not career smugglers, many fishermen turn to trafficking during tough times

EU to set up operation to capture and destroy smuggler vessels
The EU drew sharp criticism over the last few weeks following the drowning of more than a thousand people in the Mediterranean

European Parliament MEPs call on Egypt to confront human trafficking
The European Union should put human trafficking on its agenda in its dialogue with Egypt, EP members say

Rights groups address plight of Egyptian women
Violations on the rise, governmental representation not exceeding 6%, while trafficking persists

Egypt calls for international cooperation to address human trafficking
The United Nations says nearly one third of known human trafficking victims between 2007 and 2010 were children

Morsi holds talks with Eritrea and Sudan
Egyptian president meets with delegations from the Eritrean and Sudanese foreign ministries to discuss bilateral and regional issues

Gamal Eid: Syrian women’s marriage to Egyptian men is human trafficking
The NCW condemns Egyptian men’s abuse of female Syrian refugees through marrying them

Human trafficking in the Sinai
8 year old girl to be sold to gangsters and her mother in danger of gang-rape before her eyes

Trafficking in lies
Salafi MPs have excluded an article from the draft constitution by claiming human trafficking does not exist, the evidence suggests otherwise

Of women and sex
Those in power are too busy to notice the daily atrocities committed against women
European MPs urge end to Sinai human trafficking
By AFP STRASBOURG: The European parliament called Thursday on Egypt to stamp out human trafficking in the Sinai and urged EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to make the issue a priority in ties with Cairo. In a resolution, MEPs also urged the Egyptian authorities to step in to protect a 25 year-old Eritrean called …
Libya dismantles human trafficking network
By AFP BENGHAZI: Libyan security forces said on Thursday they had dismantled a human trafficking network smuggling illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Somalia. Hussein Al-Sahli, who headed the investigation, said five members of the network were arrested at a farm on the outskirts of the eastern city of Benghazi, where 52 people were being held …
Interior ministry officers receive training by int’l human trafficking experts
CAIRO: The Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement (SMWIPM) is hosting two international experts on human trafficking in Cairo to train police officers and raise their awareness about the issue. The visit is within the framework of the implementation of the National Plan of Action Against Human Trafficking by the SMWIPM in cooperation with Microsoft. …
Sudanese, two Egyptians held in Romania for people smuggling
BUCHAREST: Romanian authorities have detained two Egyptian nationals and a Sudanese for allegedly smuggling more than 30 illegal immigrants into Europe, prosecutors said Monday. The three were accused of assisting “more than 30 immigrants, the price paid by each person going up to $12,000 (€9,000),” according to a statement from the prosecutor’s office. The alleged …