A conference to launch a national project to enhance international cooperation against human trafficking took place in Hanoi on July 2. The crime is on the rise in 63 cities and provinces nationwide, especially those bordering China, Cambodia and Laos.
As part of the 130/CP programme for the 2011-2015 period, the project set the goal of signing bilateral cooperation deals with at least three countries and territories by 2015 to fight the problem.
At the same time, it will enhance links with countries and international agencies to verify and deal with cases, and ensure the progress of foreign-funded projects while popularising external relations information through diplomatic channels and Interpol.
According to the General Police Department on Crime Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Public Security, 80 percent of trafficking cases in the country target women and children. Men, newborns and human organs are now eyed by traffickers.
Statistics show that since 2005, Vietnam has recorded over 3,200 cases of human trafficking with over 7,000 victims. During 2012 and the first six months of this year, 700 cases involving over 1,300 victims were recorded, mostly people living in difficulties. More than 80 percent of them were taken out of the country.
Gangs, both at home and abroad, often lure victims with promises of high wages or take advantage of legal loopholes in marriage, child adoption, labour export or travelling to deceive vulnerable people.
The conference was co-hosted by the Steering Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, the Ministry of Public Security and the United Nations Children’s Fund.-VNA
As part of the 130/CP programme for the 2011-2015 period, the project set the goal of signing bilateral cooperation deals with at least three countries and territories by 2015 to fight the problem.
At the same time, it will enhance links with countries and international agencies to verify and deal with cases, and ensure the progress of foreign-funded projects while popularising external relations information through diplomatic channels and Interpol.
According to the General Police Department on Crime Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Public Security, 80 percent of trafficking cases in the country target women and children. Men, newborns and human organs are now eyed by traffickers.
Statistics show that since 2005, Vietnam has recorded over 3,200 cases of human trafficking with over 7,000 victims. During 2012 and the first six months of this year, 700 cases involving over 1,300 victims were recorded, mostly people living in difficulties. More than 80 percent of them were taken out of the country.
Gangs, both at home and abroad, often lure victims with promises of high wages or take advantage of legal loopholes in marriage, child adoption, labour export or travelling to deceive vulnerable people.
The conference was co-hosted by the Steering Committee on Crime Prevention and Control, the Ministry of Public Security and the United Nations Children’s Fund.-VNA
