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South Africa joins global initiative on human trafficking and migrant smuggling
27.09.2016 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
South Africa has joined a global UN initiative to prevent and address human trafficking and migrant smuggling, UN Radio says referring to the UNODC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime) report.
As to the report, now there are at least 700,000 trafficked victims globally each year.
Meanwhile, South Africa’s Minister of Home Affairs, Malusi Gigaba, appealed to regional partners not to turn a blind eye as «offenders undermine and evade law enforcement, criminal justice, and social welfare systems.»
He also deplored that «powerful interests» do not take these crimes seriously enough, as their own children and women are not as vulnerable as those of the poor and working classes.
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