HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam and China highlighted increasingthe information exchange at all levels to make the fight against humantraffickers more efficient this year at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City onApril 18.
The annual meeting on cooperation inimplementing the bilateral agreement on human trafficking prevention and combatwas co-chaired by Major General Nguyen Phong Hoa, Deputy Director General ofthe Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security’s Police General Department, andChen Shiqu, deputy inspector of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security’sCriminal Investigation Bureau.
Along the Vietnam-China borderline, traffickersmade use of lax entry and exit procedures and local residents’ disadvantagesand credulity to abduct and sell women and children to China.
Illegal and unplanned immigration to China haveexposed many local people to human trafficking, according to a report at themeeting.
Authorised agencies of Vietnam and China haveuncovered some rings trafficking Vietnamese people by road or air to China,Russia and some Eastern European countries to force them to work at nail shopsor grow narcotic plants.
The two countries’ public security and borderguard forces have maintained information and delegation exchanges through whichthey have gained firm grasp of the situation and coordinated to crack down onhuman traffickers and save victims, as in line with the anti-human traffickingagreement and the countries’ partnership.
In 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, theybusted 195 cases of trafficking humans to China that involved 378 traffickers,saving 490 victims.
At the conference, participants discussedprioritised activities to carry out the agreement this year, along withcriteria and process for verifying and repatriating trafficking victims.-VNA