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Saturday, September 21, 2013

UN rights expert urges Italy to increase efforts to fight human trafficking

UN rights expert urges Italy to increase efforts to fight human trafficking
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo [official profile] called Friday on the government of Italy to increase efforts to disrupt and eliminate [press release] human trafficking [JURIST backgrounder; news archive]. In the release issued at the end of Ezeilo's official visit to the country she concluded that:The phenomenon of trafficking in persons in Italy is unfortunately expanding in scale and impact. Traffickers are demonstrating a growing capacity for violence, exploitation... [more].

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