Participants at the conference (Source: VNA)
Vientiane (VNA) – The joint campaign of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to fight andsuppress trans-national human trafficking crime in2017 has contributed to reducing the rise of the crime, heard a conference inLaos.
The conference took place in Champasak province of Laos on March 14 with the participation of representatives fromthe Ministry of Security and the General Department of Police of Laos; the GeneralDepartment of National Police under the Cambodia’s Ministry ofthe Interior;and the General Police Department under the Vietnamese Ministry ofPublic Security.
Participants stressed that human trafficking remains a serious problem in theregion and the world, with increasingly sophisticated and cunning methods andtricks.
Human traffickers have taken advantageof the open-door and international integration policies of the three countriesas well as the close socio-economic relations of communities along their sharedborderlines, to organise human trafficking activities, they noted.
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have also become transit places for taking victimsto third countries. Human-trafficking ringsand gangs mainly operate in areas bordering China.
Inthe joint campaign, Vietnamese police uncovered ten cases of transportingCambodian women to China through Vietnam.
At the same time, participants said coordination between the three countries inborder areas has remained limited, so many violations related to illegal immigrationand cross-border human trafficking have not been detected and handled strictly.The situation has increased the risk of cross-border trafficking crime between thethree Indochinese countries.
They agreed to extend the campaign in 2018, focusing on raising publicawareness of the work and measures to combat the crime, and further promotingcooperation among relevant agencies of the three countries in the work.
It was also agreed thatpolice forces of border provinces and districts in the three countries willhold bilateral or trilateral meetings to seek effective ways to fight thecrime.
The conference to review the 2018 work will be held in Vietnam.-VNA
The conference took place in Champasak province of Laos on March 14 with the participation of representatives fromthe Ministry of Security and the General Department of Police of Laos; the GeneralDepartment of National Police under the Cambodia’s Ministry ofthe Interior;and the General Police Department under the Vietnamese Ministry ofPublic Security.
Participants stressed that human trafficking remains a serious problem in theregion and the world, with increasingly sophisticated and cunning methods andtricks.
Human traffickers have taken advantageof the open-door and international integration policies of the three countriesas well as the close socio-economic relations of communities along their sharedborderlines, to organise human trafficking activities, they noted.
Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have also become transit places for taking victimsto third countries. Human-trafficking ringsand gangs mainly operate in areas bordering China.
Inthe joint campaign, Vietnamese police uncovered ten cases of transportingCambodian women to China through Vietnam.
At the same time, participants said coordination between the three countries inborder areas has remained limited, so many violations related to illegal immigrationand cross-border human trafficking have not been detected and handled strictly.The situation has increased the risk of cross-border trafficking crime between thethree Indochinese countries.
They agreed to extend the campaign in 2018, focusing on raising publicawareness of the work and measures to combat the crime, and further promotingcooperation among relevant agencies of the three countries in the work.
It was also agreed thatpolice forces of border provinces and districts in the three countries willhold bilateral or trilateral meetings to seek effective ways to fight thecrime.
The conference to review the 2018 work will be held in Vietnam.-VNA
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