Following the money: Spending on anti-trafficking

Date: September 2014

Source: Anti-Trafficking Review

 

Issue 3 of the Anti-Trafficking Review focuses on money trails in the anti-trafficking sector, and is the first of its kind as to date there has been no research on how much is spent combating the human rights abuses that amount to human trafficking. This themed issue looks at money trails that reveal how anti-trafficking money has changed the world for the better or for worse.

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Failure to help victims is blind spot in struggle against human traffickers

Date: 23 September 2014

Source: The Guardian

 

A coalition of NGOs has warned that focus on pursuing smugglers means there are too few resources left to assist those caught up in their criminal activities.

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Europe-wide crime sweep nets more than 1,000 suspects, saves 30 children from sex trafficking

Date: 24 September 2014

Source: ABC News

 

Europe-wide raids targeting gangs involved in people trafficking, cybercrime, narcotics and illegal gun trafficking have led to the arrest of more than 1,000 suspects. Police identified 200 victims of human trafficking in the unprecedented swoop on organised crime groups.

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