Tag: child trafficking

Estados Unidos naglaan ng P200 milyon upang makatulong sa pagsugpo ng child trafficking sa Pilipinas

Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Naglaan ang Estados Unidos ng P200 milyon upang matulungan ang Pilipinas na masugpo ang child online trafficking at child labor trafficking. Ang paglaan ng P175 milyon para sa  child online trafficking, at P25 milyon sa child labor trafficking ay bahagi ng Child Protection Compact Agreement na nilagdaan ng Estados Unidos at ng Pilipinas ngayong Martes, ika-11 ng Abril. Ang kasunduang nilagdaan nina Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II at United States Charge […]

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Indonesian capital launches fresh crackdown on child exploitation

(Reuters) — Authorities in the sprawling Indonesian capital are cracking down on child exploitation after a raft of cases ranging from child labour, sexual assault, and violence came to light in recent weeks, officials said. Tens of thousands of children are trafficked annually in Indonesia, with the majority of them forced into prostitution and manual labor, according to UNICEF. A wave of arrests late last month included several Jakarta residents who sedated infants and used […]

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