Monday, May 31, 2010
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Human trafficking and modern day slavery is a big business in Somalia
SOMALIA: Human trafficking on the increase
Source: IRIN
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HARGEISA, 2 April 2010 (IRIN) - Officials in Somalia's self-declared independent state of Somaliland are concerned over a rise in human trafficking in the region. Children are mainly trafficked from south-central Somalia, because of the lack of government there, says a senior government official.
"Human trafficking is increasing in Somaliland. Before, no one believed that human/child trafficking existed in Somaliland but such kinds of crimes occur here…" Fadumo Sudi, the Minister for Family and Social Affairs, said during a recent ceremony to reunite a girl with her family. She had been trafficked to Hargeisa in February from Qardho, in the autonomous northeast region of Puntland.
"One day, my sister went to school as usual, but she disappeared. We searched for her everywhere but we didn't find her. Finally, we heard from the media that she had been trafficked to Somaliland and by Allah's mercy she was saved. We are happy to have her back," Najib Jama Abdi, the girl's brother, said.
In January, the Somaliland immigration office in the area of Loyada, along the border with Djibouti, sent home more than 60 minors in the company of about 200 illegal immigrants who were hoping to proceed on to Europe via Eritrea, Sudan and Libya.
Ethiopian Oromian children also travel to Somaliland without their parents in search of work; most end up in petty trade or as street children. Older people, claiming to be the children's parents, use them to beg.
"The children are used in different ways ... and are exploited for child labour in Somaliland," Lul Hassan Matan, the director of child protection in Somaliland's National Human Rights Commission, told IRIN. "Whenever you see a child in the street crying and ask him or her why, they respond that they are not with their parents, but that they have been brought in to work." (Since speaking to IRIN, Matan has left this position).
Raising awareness
According to Khadar Qorane Yusuf, the victim referral mechanism lead person in the Ministry of Family and Social Affairs, the children are initially enticed with false promises and told not to share the information with anyone, only to be later violated.
"With the collaboration of the International Office for Migration (IOM), we are raising awareness by holding forums to discuss the issue of trafficking, as well as debates and seminars," added Qorane. Information posters have been strategically placed along the borders and airports.
IOM defines trafficking in persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
Exploitation includes the exploitation or the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.
Forced into sex work
According to Mayumi Ueno, the counter-trafficking project manager at IOM's Somalia Support Office, the scale of human trafficking in Somalia is not known. "But [a] rapid assessment conducted by IOM indicated [the] existence of international trafficking of Somali women to Djibouti, Kenya, and the Gulf States, mainly the United Arab Emirates, for sexual and labour exploitation. Moreover, further investigations confirmed the widespread practice of domestic human trafficking of Somali women and children [who are] lured into forced prostitution in some areas of Somalia [Somaliland and Puntland]," Ueno told IRIN.
In 2009, IOM launched a Counter Trafficking Project for Somalia, in Somaliland and Puntland, whose activities include awareness-raising campaigns targeting the local population to inform them of the dangers and risks of being trafficked. It has also supported Somaliland and Puntland in setting up National Counter Trafficking Taskforces.
Challenges remain, however, with the public and authorities not familiar with the concept of human trafficking and the best ways to respond, Mayumi said. "Furthermore, the general lack of social services and issues of culture and social stigma make victims' reintegration extremely difficult."
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"Human trafficking is increasing in Somaliland. Before, no one believed that human/child trafficking existed in Somaliland but such kinds of crimes occur here…" Fadumo Sudi, the Minister for Family and Social Affairs, said during a recent ceremony to reunite a girl with her family. She had been trafficked to Hargeisa in February from Qardho, in the autonomous northeast region of Puntland.
"One day, my sister went to school as usual, but she disappeared. We searched for her everywhere but we didn't find her. Finally, we heard from the media that she had been trafficked to Somaliland and by Allah's mercy she was saved. We are happy to have her back," Najib Jama Abdi, the girl's brother, said.
In January, the Somaliland immigration office in the area of Loyada, along the border with Djibouti, sent home more than 60 minors in the company of about 200 illegal immigrants who were hoping to proceed on to Europe via Eritrea, Sudan and Libya.
Ethiopian Oromian children also travel to Somaliland without their parents in search of work; most end up in petty trade or as street children. Older people, claiming to be the children's parents, use them to beg.
"The children are used in different ways ... and are exploited for child labour in Somaliland," Lul Hassan Matan, the director of child protection in Somaliland's National Human Rights Commission, told IRIN. "Whenever you see a child in the street crying and ask him or her why, they respond that they are not with their parents, but that they have been brought in to work." (Since speaking to IRIN, Matan has left this position).
Raising awareness
According to Khadar Qorane Yusuf, the victim referral mechanism lead person in the Ministry of Family and Social Affairs, the children are initially enticed with false promises and told not to share the information with anyone, only to be later violated.
"With the collaboration of the International Office for Migration (IOM), we are raising awareness by holding forums to discuss the issue of trafficking, as well as debates and seminars," added Qorane. Information posters have been strategically placed along the borders and airports.
IOM defines trafficking in persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
Exploitation includes the exploitation or the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.
Forced into sex work
According to Mayumi Ueno, the counter-trafficking project manager at IOM's Somalia Support Office, the scale of human trafficking in Somalia is not known. "But [a] rapid assessment conducted by IOM indicated [the] existence of international trafficking of Somali women to Djibouti, Kenya, and the Gulf States, mainly the United Arab Emirates, for sexual and labour exploitation. Moreover, further investigations confirmed the widespread practice of domestic human trafficking of Somali women and children [who are] lured into forced prostitution in some areas of Somalia [Somaliland and Puntland]," Ueno told IRIN.
In 2009, IOM launched a Counter Trafficking Project for Somalia, in Somaliland and Puntland, whose activities include awareness-raising campaigns targeting the local population to inform them of the dangers and risks of being trafficked. It has also supported Somaliland and Puntland in setting up National Counter Trafficking Taskforces.
Challenges remain, however, with the public and authorities not familiar with the concept of human trafficking and the best ways to respond, Mayumi said. "Furthermore, the general lack of social services and issues of culture and social stigma make victims' reintegration extremely difficult."
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
AfricaNews - 184 Somalis arrested in Malawi - The AfricaNews articles of Mabvuto kambuwe
184 Somalis arrested in Malawi
Posted on Friday 28 May 2010 - 10:55
Mabvuto Kambuwe, AfricaNews reporter in lilongwe,Malawi
At least 184 Somali immigrants have been arrested in Malawi as they were trying to enter the country illegally.
A senior police official Noral Chimwala has confirmed that they will appear before the court this week.
She said the arrest comes after a public tip off as they were crossing one of the major forests in the Northern part of the country.
However the senior police official has commended the public for alerting them urged them to continue so that they arrest all illegal immigrants in the country"
Posted on Friday 28 May 2010 - 10:55
Mabvuto Kambuwe, AfricaNews reporter in lilongwe,Malawi
At least 184 Somali immigrants have been arrested in Malawi as they were trying to enter the country illegally.
A senior police official Noral Chimwala has confirmed that they will appear before the court this week.
She said the arrest comes after a public tip off as they were crossing one of the major forests in the Northern part of the country.
However the senior police official has commended the public for alerting them urged them to continue so that they arrest all illegal immigrants in the country"
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Russian forced into prostitution, court hears - The National Newspaper
Russian forced into prostitution, court hearsAwad MustafaLast Updated: May 25. 2010 5:55PM UAE / May 25. 2010 1:55PM GMT DUBAI //
A Russian woman intending to work as a missionary in the Emirates was forced into prostitution to repay her US$15,000 (Dh56,200) sale price, until she was saved by a woman from Dagestan, a court heard yesterday. The 20-year-old M B told prosecutors that she was unknowingly sold by another Russian woman, who initially promised her missionary work in Dubai. When she arrived in Dubai last July she was taken to the 47-year-old Kyrgyzstani manager S B’s home and locked up, she said. The victim was told that her passport would not be returned and that she had to repay her purchase price before she was allowed to leave. S B was charged yesterday with human trafficking and illegal confinement in the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance along with her female compatriot, a 42-year-old accountant, L S, and a male Egyptian clerk, M A, 43, both of whom denied the charges. The 24-year-old Dagestani businesswoman A S told prosecutors that she was informed about M B’s situation and asked to offer help. She then met with M B and took her to the Dubai Police general headquarters to file a complaint. The defendants denied the charges, with S B claiming that the victim was her cousin. L S said that she had only rented a room to M B, while M A stated that he was only a driver. Police said they recovered ledger books from S B indicating payments for prostitution. The court adjourned the case until June 8.
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A Russian woman intending to work as a missionary in the Emirates was forced into prostitution to repay her US$15,000 (Dh56,200) sale price, until she was saved by a woman from Dagestan, a court heard yesterday. The 20-year-old M B told prosecutors that she was unknowingly sold by another Russian woman, who initially promised her missionary work in Dubai. When she arrived in Dubai last July she was taken to the 47-year-old Kyrgyzstani manager S B’s home and locked up, she said. The victim was told that her passport would not be returned and that she had to repay her purchase price before she was allowed to leave. S B was charged yesterday with human trafficking and illegal confinement in the Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance along with her female compatriot, a 42-year-old accountant, L S, and a male Egyptian clerk, M A, 43, both of whom denied the charges. The 24-year-old Dagestani businesswoman A S told prosecutors that she was informed about M B’s situation and asked to offer help. She then met with M B and took her to the Dubai Police general headquarters to file a complaint. The defendants denied the charges, with S B claiming that the victim was her cousin. L S said that she had only rented a room to M B, while M A stated that he was only a driver. Police said they recovered ledger books from S B indicating payments for prostitution. The court adjourned the case until June 8.
amustafa@thenational.ae
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Zambia: 42 nabbed over human trafficking Lusakatime
They were on their way to South Africa but landed in prison
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Lawrence Taylor arrested for sex with 16 yr. old Human Trafficking victim, who was beaten by pimp (trafficker) prior to his assault at a Holiday Inn.
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is not a document, nor an event. It is a global movement to :
“Stir society’s conscience to action against trafficking and slavery.”
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WHEREAS,
WE can end human trafficking and slavery, but only if we solemnly commit ourselves to that common purpose.
We must confront the global scourge of trafficking and slavery beginning in our own local communities.
We as individuals and all institutions of society have a moral responsibility to end trafficking and free slaves from their captivity.
NOW THEREFORE,
WE undertake a solemn commitment, beginning now, to end the scourge of trafficking and slavery
And to take immediate action in our communities to
Stir society’s conscience to action against trafficking and slavery
Rescue and restore victims of trafficking and slavery
Identify and punish traffickers and slavers
Promote legislation and public policies to eradicate trafficking and slavery
Address the social, cultural and economic causes of trafficking and slavery
So that We will end human trafficking
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Human trafficking in the United stats
A common misconception about human trafficking is that it only happens abroad. In reality, it is happening here, in the United States and in New York City. Polaris Project, a nongovernment organization that runs the national human trafficking hotline for the United States, has provided the following information based on their work on this issue.
The United States is known as a destination country for transnational trafficking networks that bring foreign nationals (defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as "a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States") into the country for purposes of both sexual and labor exploitation. Foreign national trafficking victims in the United States are primarily from Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa. Cases involve both documented and undocumented workers, and they can occur in both legitimate and underground industries.
Victims of human trafficking in the United States also include U.S. citizens and residents trafficked within its borders. Much like the majority of other countries affected by human trafficking, the United States has a large internal, or "domestic," component of human trafficking in both sexual and labor exploitation.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/endht/html/trafficking/us.shtml
The United States is known as a destination country for transnational trafficking networks that bring foreign nationals (defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as "a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States") into the country for purposes of both sexual and labor exploitation. Foreign national trafficking victims in the United States are primarily from Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa. Cases involve both documented and undocumented workers, and they can occur in both legitimate and underground industries.
Victims of human trafficking in the United States also include U.S. citizens and residents trafficked within its borders. Much like the majority of other countries affected by human trafficking, the United States has a large internal, or "domestic," component of human trafficking in both sexual and labor exploitation.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/endht/html/trafficking/us.shtml
Professionals - How to Help - Let's End Human Trafficking
Because human trafficking can be difficult to identify, even professionals require training in spotting trafficking situations and helping victims. There are numerous organizations and resources available to professionals, so that they can educate themselves about human trafficking and aid in putting an end to this pervasive issue. Below is a selection of resources for hospital workers, social service workers, lawyers, teachers, and businesses.
Professionals - How to Help - Let's End Human Trafficking
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Cops rescue foreign women forced into prostitution
JOHOR BARU: Police busted a human trafficking syndicate following the rescue of eight foreign women and the arrest of two syndicate members.
Acting on a tip-off, Bukit Aman's anti-vice and gaming division (D7) led by Asst Supt Nordin Ibrahim raided two massage parlours in Taman Pelangi at about 8.30pm on Saturday.
Police rescued seven Cambodian women and an Indonesian woman, in their early 20s, and arrested two men, aged 28 and 58 following the raids.
“This syndicate brings the women illegally into the country. They fooled the women by promising them legitimate jobs,” he told reporters after the raids on Saturday night.
“Initial investigations revealed customers could acquire 'extra' services from the women. The syndicate negotiates the prices for such services,” he said.
He added that police also arrested five Thai women and two Chinese women aged between 21 and 42 for violating their visitor's pass under the Immigration Act.
The latest raid is the second in Johor Baru conducted by Bukit Aman's D7 in two weeks.
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Providing protection for child trafficking victims
May 24 2010 by Gwenda Thomas, Western Mail
For some youngsters in Wales child trafficking is a cruel reality. Gwenda Thomas, deputy minister for social services, looks at the problem
CHILD trafficking in Wales is a fact. It’s not a comfortable statement to absorb nor is it very believable at first sight.
I am sure that for many of you reading this it will be as far from reality as can be. But for some children in Wales it is cruel reality and that makes it a problem for us all.
We cannot hide behind our blinkered selves thinking that child trafficking is a problem for other countries or far away cities, it does happen here in our communities in Wales.
In a recent study by children’s protection organisation ECPAT for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, 32 children met sufficient criteria to be identified as trafficked children – and in truth these numbers are probably only the tip of a large iceberg.
Human trafficking is an organised crime, whereas human smuggling is an immigration matter. Trafficked victims are coerced or deceived by the person arranging their relocation but when a victim is a child neither coercion or deception need be present for the child to be considered trafficked.
A trafficked child is a child that is denied his or her basic human rights and is forced into exploitation by the person into whose control he or she is delivered or sold.
Most children are trafficked for financial gain. Some trafficking is organised by gangs, in other cases individual adults or agents traffic children to the UK for their own personal gain such as sex work, domestic servitude, illegal adoption, forced marriage, or sweatshop and restaurant work.
Child trafficking is not only an international or cross-border issue it has been known for UK citizens to be trafficked within the UK – many for the sole purpose of sexual exploitation.
UK citizens who are subject to this internal trafficking tend to be girls aged between 12 and 16, some of whom are vulnerable as a result of family problems or disengagement with school.
I have been involved directly and indirectly with care and social services over many years and have been party to many distressing stories and accounts of abuse and exploitation, but the selling of children as commodities is beyond anything I can ever imagine. Take the experience of Dalal (not her real name), a young girl from China.
She told her support worker in Wales that she was given away as a child to foster parents because she was female. The foster parents later sold her to a trafficker in China who kept her locked up with many other girls.
Dalal was then passed on to a man who took her on a ship to another destination, where she was passed on to another man. This man kept Dalal locked up for some time – he did not harm her but she was made to watch videos of children being beaten.
He then brought her to the UK by plane and warned her to tell anyone who asked her age that she was 21, if she didn’t she would be returned to China.
When they arrived at Heathrow, Dalal hid in the lavatories until she was found by security. Dalal’s passport said she was 21, but she claimed to be 16. Dalal was treated as an adult and moved to Wales by the UK Border Agency where she was placed in accommodation with several adult females.
Child trafficking in Wales is a relatively recent phenomenon. The role of the Welsh Assembly Government is to provide leadership and guidance for those who have child protection responsibilities in the social, care and emergency services.
I established a multi-agency all-Wales trafficking group to consider how national and strategic action might help the relevant agencies in identifying and protecting these vulnerable children. Through this group I have commissioned an online interactive training programme to aid professionals in identifying and safeguarding trafficked children.
I will be considering what other action needs to be taken.
A critical issue that needs to be addressed is the level of public awareness and anything which contributes to this is to be welcomed. Tomorrow I will join Joyce Watson, chairwoman of the National Assembly’s group on the trafficking of women and children, at the Senedd to launch a report on local solutions to the trafficking of women and children in Wales.
It will be a welcome report and will add to the Assembly Government’s bank of knowledge about this largely hidden crime.
Gwenda Thomas is Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services
Chinese woman appears in Tonga court on human trafficking charges
Posted at 03:29 on 24 May, 2010 UTC
A woman has appeared in court in Tonga on charges of brothel-keeping, human trafficking and trading in prostitution.
It’s alleged 44 year old Chinese national Lirong Liu lured two women from China to Tongatapu with promises of waitressing jobs but instead forced them to work as prostitutes.
The Matangi Tonga website reports the alleged victims told a preliminary inquiry that Ms Liu threatened to throw them in the ocean if they did not do the work and say she received nearly all the money they earned.
The prosecution asked them why they didn’t go to the authorities.
The women says they were hampered by the language barrier and feared Ms Liu would find out.
Magistrate Sione ’Etika found there was a prima facie case against Ms Liu and submitted it to the Supreme Court for arraignment next month.
Her co-accused 52 year old Jun Yang was discharged due to insufficient evidence.
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The victims of human trafficking can even be killed and tortured by security officers
EL-ARISH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot dead two African migrants trying to slip across the border into Israel on Friday, security sources said.
Before 2005, children as young as four[1] were trafficked from countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sudan for use as jockeys in the Persian Gulf States'camel racing industry. While official policies are in place requiring a minimum weight of 45 kg (100 lb) of the jockey, these restrictions are ignored by most in the racing industry.[citation needed]
Child camel jockeys are often sexually and physically abused; most are physically and mentally stunted, as they are deliberately starved to prevent weight gain.[citation needed] According to a documentary by the American television channel HBO and the Ansar Burney Trust , some of the children are only fed two biscuits a day with water, and forced to work up to 18 hours per day.[2]
Many camel jockeys were seriously injured by camels.[citation needed]the child jockeys live in camps (called "ousbah") encircled with barbed wire near the racetracks. Because the children were sold by their families and find themselves in an unfamiliar culture, they are dependent upon their captors for survival.[citation needed]According to the HBO documentary, the person who viewed the camp said it looked more like a prison camp than a home for children.
Many are unable to identify their parents or home communities in South Asia or Sudan. Unlike other forms of trafficking that usually involve adults or older children, child camel jockey trafficking presents enormous challenges to source country governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) seeking to return rescued children to their parents and original communities.
Hundreds of children have been rescued from camel farms in Oman, Qatar and UAE and taken back to their original homes or kept in shelter homes. Countries have issued penalties for those who trafficked child camel jockeys and ordered the owners responsibilities for returning the children back to their home countries.
However, they report that in many instances the children rescued were those who had been sold away by their own parents in exchange for money or a job abroad. If they were returned, the children would again be sold for the same purposes. Other children did not speak their native languages, or did not know how to live outside the camel farms.
However, they report that in many instances the children rescued were those who had been sold away by their own parents in exchange for money or a job abroad. If they were returned, the children would again be sold for the same purposes. Other children did not speak their native languages, or did not know how to live outside the camel farms.
UAE implemented stringent measures to eradicate the use of children as jockeys. The practice is officially banned in the UAE since the year 2002. The UAE was the first to ban the use of children under 15 as jockeys in the popular local sport of camel-racing when HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced the ban on July 29, 2002.[3] Announcing the ban, Sheikh Hamdan made it very clear that "no-one would be permitted to ride camels in camel-races unless they had a minimum weight of 45 kg, and are not less than 15 years old, as stated in their passports." He said a medical committee would examine each candidate to be a jockey to check that the age stated in their passport was correct and that the candidate was medically fit.
Sheikh Hamdan said all owners of camel racing stables would be responsible for returning children under 15 to their home countries. He also announced the introduction of a series of penalties for those breaking the new rules. For a first offense, a fine of 20,000 AED was to be imposed. For a second offense, the offender would be banned from participating in camel races for a period of a year, while for third and subsequent offense, terms of imprisonment would be imposed.[4]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Child laundering is the stealing and selling of children to adopting parents under false pretenses. Often the adoption agency or adoption facilitator hides or falsifies the child's origin to make the child appear to be a legitimate orphan by manipulating birth certificates, intake records, or records regarding the deaths of the child's parents who might still be alive. These children are often taken against either their will or the will of their parents to be sold to foreign adopting parents who are given the false papers and false assurances as to the child's point of origin.
Adoption agencies may sometimes be unknowing or knowing participants in the transactions but most adoptions are facilitated by adoption agencies. This type of activity most often appears in international adoptions and is a specific form of child trafficking[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The term “child laundering” expresses the claim that the current intercountry adoption system frequently takes children illegally from birth parents, and then uses the official processes of the adoption and legal systems to “launder” them as “legally” adopted children. Thus, the adoption system treats children in a manner analogous to a criminal organization engaged in money laundering, which obtains funds illegally but then “launders” them through a legitimate business. [6]
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