DHS Open Source Enterprise
22 September 2011
was told on Wednesday that Government of Pakistan has rejected the report of United Nation regarding
Pakistan not doing enough to stop human smuggling. State Interior Minister Zafar Iqbal Warraich told
Senate on Wednesday that Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Interior Ministry has taken meaningful
steps to stop human trafficking in the country and the government has strongly rejected the UN report in this
regard. … Zafar Iqbal Warraich further said report of United Nation regarding Pakistan for not doing enough
to stop human trafficking is baseless. He said Pakistan has taken all steps to stop human smuggling due to
which reservations of British and US in this regard has been removed. Meanwhile, Federal Health Minister
Nasser Khan told Upper House a particular lobby is working against Pakistan and several Non
Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and European Countries are trying to defame Pakistan. [HSEC-3.10;
Date: 22 September 2011; Source: http://paktribune.com/news/UN-report-regarding-Pakistan-in-human-
trafficking-baseless-Senate-told-154101.html]
• Strip Clubs Accused Of Human Trafficking [South Africa]: Some anti-human trafficking organizations
on Wednesday said many of the so-called gentlemen's clubs around the country are not as above board as
they claim to be. Various civil society organizations demonstrated at parliament earlier. They are calling for
the finalization and implementation of the trafficking in persons bill which has been deliberated in parliament
for several years. A young female protester told Eyewitness News strip club bosses are to blame for many
women being forced into lives of prostitution. "We need to take our campaign into strip clubs," she said.
Stop Trafficking of People's Corinne Sandenberg warned women are lured into the country on false
pretences. She said parliament's justice portfolio committee has to finalize the bill so that offenders can be
arrested and prosecuted. [HSEC-3.6; Date: 21 September 2011; Source:
http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/Story.aspx?Id=74448]
• Benin-Congo: Deal To Stem Child Trafficking: Benin and the Republic of Congo have signed an accord
aimed at stemming the trafficking of children between the two countries. The two states believe some 1,800
children from Benin, mostly aged between 11 and 18, have been trafficked to neighboring Congo. "They
are forced to work in the retail or fishing sectors or as domestic servants," said Marianne Flach, the UN
Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Congo. The accord was signed on 20 September by the two
countries' ministers of social affairs. … "These children are deprived of sleep. If they make the slightest
mistake in the home, they can go days without being fed. The children are treated like slaves," Marceline
Pambou, who heads the Mothers' Movement for Peace, Solidarity and Development, told IRIN. [HSEC-
3.10; Date: 21 September 2011; Source: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/benin-congo-deal-to-stem-child-
trafficking]
• Opposition Attempts To Block Anti-Human Smuggling Bill [Canada]: Opposition parties have tried to
block the latest version of Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's anti-human smuggling bill that had drawn
criticism last November from Canada's Catholic bishops. The first item debated Sept. 19, as Members of
Parliament returned to the House of Commons after a summer break, Bill C-4 faced an amendment from
Quebec Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia to "decline to give second reading" to the bill because it "fails to
achieve its stated principle of cracking down on human smugglers and instead targets legitimate refugees."
… Bill C-4 faces more debate before a vote on second reading that will send it to committee. "There is no
definite time frame on the passing of Bill C-4," said Candice Malcolm, a spokeswoman for Kenney in an
email. "We would like this bill to pass as soon as possible, however Opposition parties are delaying this bill
moving forward." The Conservatives have a solid majority, however, which they lacked in the previous
government. [HSEC-3.10; Date: 21 September 2011; Source: http://bcc.rcav.org/canadian/1030-opposition-
attempts-to-block-anti-human-smuggling-bill]
• Inter-State Human Trafficking Gang Busted, 3 Arrested [India]: The adverse sex ration and non
availability of matrimonial match in Haryana gave a three-member inter-state human trafficking racket a
chance to earn quick bucks by kidnapping or luring minor girls and selling them to potential customers. On
Tuesday, the northeast Delhi police smashed the gang and arrested its two female members and a male
beneficiary. Police also rescued a 14-year-old girl, who was kidnapped from Delhi's Seelampur area and
sold to a divorcee—a so-called groom—in Kurukshetra for Rs70,000 [$1,460]. The gang, led by a woman,
has allegedly supplied more than 15 girls to various parts in Haryana. The arrested have been identified as
Sanjida (44), the kingpin, Aashiya (50) and Randhir Singh (32). Singh was the beneficiary of the rescued
minor girl. Sanjay Kumar Jain, deputy commissioner of police (northeast) said the racket was busted
following an investigation into the kidnapping of the rescued minor girl. [HSEC-3.10; Date: 20 September
2011; Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Inter-state-human-trafficking-gang-busted-3-arrested/Article1-
748214.aspx]
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