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Six Asian Nations Act to Stop Human Trafficking
31 March 2005
By Ho Binh Minh
HANOI (Reuters) - Police and governments of six Asian countries agreed on Thursday to closely collaborate to end human trafficking from the Mekong region where criminals mostly target women and children.
"The Mekong region is a hotspot of human trafficking in the world," Jordan Ryan, the U.N. Development Programme representative to Vietnam, told a news conference of the area formed by Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
The area's fast-growing economy had widened the gap between rich and poor, adding to crime which often targets "the most vulnerable in a society, such as children and young women, the poor and dispossessed on the margins of society," he said.
Copright 2005 Reuters Ltd.
For the Full Article, go to:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14832-2005Mar31.html
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Andrea Welch on 31 March 2005
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