Authorities, departments and sectors of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho were urged to focus on combating human trafficking in the locality, with reports of the crime increasing.
CanTho (VNA) – Authorities, departments and sectors of the Mekong Deltacity of Can Tho were urged to focus on combating human trafficking in thelocality, with reports of the crime increasing.
Addressing a working session with representatives from local authorities,departments and sectors on April 13, deputy head of the National Assembly’s JusticeCommittee Nguyen Van Pha urged Can Tho to intensify campaigns to raise publicawareness of relevant laws to increase public vigilance.
While hailing efforts made by the city’s agencies in addressing crime, he askedfor closer coordination among relevant departments and sectors to tackle humantrafficking and to provide legal and financial support to victims of the crime.
According to a report from the municipal People’s Procuracy, the number of humantrafficking-related crimes surged in Can Tho recently, especially in Thoi Lai,Vinh Thanh and Co Do districts.
As many as 16 cases of human trafficking were reported in the city from 2011-2016,with 129 victims, mainly women and children.
Colonel Nguyen Van Thuan, deputy director of the municipal Police Department attributedthe situation to the naivity and economic difficulties of locals in rural areas,saying human traffickers take advantage of these people.
Victims are usually brought to China and Malaysia to work as labourers or prostitutes,he said.
Tran Thi Xuan Mai, director of the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids andSocial Affairs said her agency has coordinated with other agencies to raise publicawareness of the crime.
Attention was also given to organisingvocational training programmes and providing loans to help victims find jobsand improve incomes, she said.
However, Mai also mentioned difficulties in the work, saying that in manycases, traffickers were foreigners or overseas Vietnamese and ineffective coordinationamong localities made investigations difficult.-VNA
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