Educational Talk on
human trafficking held in Kengtung
THE Anti-Trafficking
Police Force, under the umbrella of the Myanmar Police Force, are aiming to eradicate
the human trafficking industry in Myanmar by implementing preventative measures
in the form of a public awareness campaign.
Anti-human Trafficking Police Force Unit-18 gave an
educational talk on the prevention of human trafficking at a Child Protection course
organised by the Committee of Child Rights in Kengtung, Shan
State (South) on Saturday 30 April.
Issues
raised in the talks ranged from how to recognise the signs that someone might
be a victim of human trafficking and the ever changing and adaptive methods and
means of human trafficking (entrapment, transportation and sale).
An
official from the Anti-Human Trafficking Police Force explained the differences
between human trafficking and human smuggling, methods of recruitment used by
human traffickers, the history of human trafficking, the process of human
trafficking, human trafficking laws and the punishment for those convicted of
human trafficking related crimes.
The
police force gave out education pamphlets to 45 girl students who attended the
ceremony.—Ye Zarni