October
26, 2017
Officers and
members of an anti- human trafficking unit in Maungtaw Township are performing
anti-human trafficking activities in cooperation with respective security
forces at the towns’ entrances and express water vehicles ports in Maungtaw and
Buthidaung townships.
The No.1 anti-
human trafficking police are carrying out activities of pamphlet distribution
and conducting educational talks at the junctions, schools, IDP camps and
villages. The specialised police unit is also linking with anti- human trafficking
police from neighboring countries, said Inspector San Min from the No.1 anti-
human trafficking police.
“As an activity
of anti-human trafficking, information is inquired from the work places to the
villages where violence happened, as traffickers can take advantage of victims
in conflict areas by offering incentive money. Therefore, the elders and
leaders of villages are contacted and educated not to let such kind of human
trafficking happen”, said inspector San Min. There was one human trafficking
case recorded in 2011, 11 cases in 2015, three cases in 2016 and two cases in
2017. Most of the victims are men who are being smuggled into Myanmar, and sometimes
to Bangladesh and China.
Thant Zin Win/
Naing Lin Kyi
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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