Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah. (Photo: ANTARA/VNA) Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesia will seek the strengthening of efforts for mitigating human trafficking at the plenary meeting of the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, which will take place from May 9-11 in Labuan Bajo, West Nusa Tenggara.
Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah has revealed that human trafficking will be one of the key topics of discussion during the summit because of the attention paid by ASEAN leaders to the issue in view of the high number of cases involving human trafficking in the region through online scams.
According to the minister, Indonesia's initiative will be discussed and described within the ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on Combating TIP Caused by Abuse of Technology.
He emphasised that the complexity of human trafficking necessitates collective regional handling, starting from detection, prevention, protection, repatriation, and rehabilitation, to tackling the root of the problem. Thus, the capacity of ASEAN member countries' law enforcement forces should be strengthened for carrying out investigation, evidence gathering, victim identification, and prosecution./
