The Middle East and Africa region hosted the highest percentage of victims of human trafficking with 68 percent
68% of human trafficking victims in Middle East, Africa: UNODC | Cairo Post - 0 views
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Human trafficking is the act of trading humans, within one country or trans-nationally, by means of kidnapping, use of force, deception or other forms of coercion for different purposes including; sexual slavery, forced labor, extraction of human organs and forced marriage.
Arab governments are failing on human trafficking | Brian Whitaker | Opinion | The Guar... - 0 views
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"Trafficking in persons" covers various forms of exploitation including, in the words of the international Palermo protocol, "sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs".
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A large part of the problem in the wealthier Arab countries is the extensive use of foreign labour
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In Saudi Arabia if workers file a complaint against their employers about abuse they are usually returned to their employers or pressured to drop the charges. Typically, the employers will file a false counter-argument against the workers for theft, witchcraft, and adultery in retaliation. This country is also accused of failing to take action to reduce the demand of prostitution or child sex tourism.
Modern-day slavery ensnares millions worldwide - World - CBC News - 0 views
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Millions of men, women and children around the world were victims of modern slavery last year, according to a new U.S. report of human trafficking.
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he dark underbelly of human trafficking, an umbrella term that includes sexual exploitation, child prostitution, forced labour and debt bondage
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First-hand accounts from victims highlighted the physical and psychological toll of modern slavery.
Algeria-France child trafficking trial opens in Algiers - BBC News - 0 views
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Thirteen people have gone on trial in Algiers, accused of trafficking an unknown number of Algerian children to the French city of Saint-Etienne.
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The security services reportedly discovered 12 "adoption certificates" at a nursery in the Algiers suburb of El-Biar written between 2005 and 2006, with nine children sent abroad for a sum of money.
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