(VOVworld) – The ASEAN Secretariat has announced a new program to strengthen co-operation between ASEAN and the Australia-Asia Programme to Combat Trafficking in Persons.
 |
|
Australian Foreign Minister Julia Bishop and the ASEAN Foreign Ministers pose at a photo session at the ASEAN-Australia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, August 10, 2014
|
The plan was endorsed at the 15th Senior Officials Meeting on Trans-national Crime, which was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, last month.
Since 2003, Australia has worked closely with ASEAN in strengthening its criminal justice system, in order to tackle human trafficking by a victim-centred approach. The Australia-Asia co-operation program will provide more support for victims of human trafficking and labour exploitation, especially in the fishing industry.
.