INEFFICIENT FIGHT AGAINST TRAFFICKING WILL WORSEN US-ARMENIA RELATIONS
18.06.2005 02:54 /PanARMENIAN.Net/
The US State Department 5th Annual Report on fighting trafficking included Armenia in the second group of states in a special list of control of struggle against trafficking, as the country did not manage to provide enough proof of efficiency of fight against human trafficking. It was stated by Ambassador John Miller, the Director of the US State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in the course of an interactive press conference organized at the US Embassy in Yerevan.
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As noted by the report, only 1 out of the 16 accused was sentenced in compliance with the article 132 (anti-trafficking), the remaining 15 were indicted for pimping, which provides for milder punishment. Mr. Miller said there are reports that representatives of the Office of Public Prosecutor of Armenia and frontier guards are involved in human trafficking.
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In Miller's words, the UAE and Turkey are the basic destination countries of Armenian women and children.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
The US State Department 5th Annual Report on fighting trafficking included Armenia in the second group of states in a special list of control of struggle against trafficking, as the country did not manage to provide enough proof of efficiency of fight against human trafficking. It was stated by Ambassador John Miller, the Director of the US State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in the course of an interactive press conference organized at the US Embassy in Yerevan.
[...]
As noted by the report, only 1 out of the 16 accused was sentenced in compliance with the article 132 (anti-trafficking), the remaining 15 were indicted for pimping, which provides for milder punishment. Mr. Miller said there are reports that representatives of the Office of Public Prosecutor of Armenia and frontier guards are involved in human trafficking.
[...]
In Miller's words, the UAE and Turkey are the basic destination countries of Armenian women and children.
[...]
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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