(VOVworld) – The United Nations for the first time marked the “World Day against Trafficking in Persons” at its headquarters in New York on Wednesday. In his message to all UN members, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described human trafficking as a callous global industry that denies victims their rights and dignity. Criminal networks have conducted human trafficking for hefty profits.
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| Young girls attend a school at the Shagarab Refugee camp in eastern Sudan where people are at risk of being trafficked every year. (Photo: UNHCR) |
Ban urged all the communities and countries to eradicate such crime by raising precaution, ending any kind of finance, and bringing perpetrators to justice. He called on all countries to ratify and fully implement the UN Convention against trans-national organized crime and its Protocol on Trafficking in Persons.