20-09-2006 UN: THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IS FEMALE ONE From UNFPA report, presented on September 6 in Rome by AIDOS (Italian association of women for development) follows that more than a half of legal migrants are women and are the first victims of abuses in Europe, North America and Oceania, as well as are more subjected to exploitation. Many women are finishing by enriching the international sex market (that 90 % is female): from more than two millions of human trade victims, 80% are women and girls, for an annual business turnover of 7 and 12 milliards dollars, at second place only after trafficking in drugs and arms.

20-09-2006 HUMAN TRADE: USA ARE ACCUSING, SEOUL IS DEFENDING The report of US Labor department says that South Korea is the terminal of trafficking in people. Seoul denies it and contests it by lack of precise information.

15-09-2006 ALTERVIDEO CONTEST UP TO MARCH 31, 2007 Is extended the expiry date of National Contest for Audiovisuals “AlterVideo 2006”. Short videos (maximum 6 minutes) about new forms of slavery and trafficking in people can be presented up to March 31, 2007.

07-09-2006 TRAFFICKING IN BORDERS ON-LINE In informative area of the project Equal NO Human Trade! “What is trafficking” it was created a new headline “TRAFFICKING IN BORDERS”. The aim is to make things clear. This week we communicate you the first one: “Trafficking in and exploitation of prostitution”, remembering that on www.trattanocommunity.it it’s working the forum on the subject, offered by our experts.

30-08-2006 MEXICO: TRAFFICKING IN MINORS IS THIRD PROFITABLE OFFENCE The Mexican Deputy Chamber organized the Forum "Trafficking in people and children sexual exploitation", in order to discuss the phenomenon of sexual mercenariness of minors that in the country assume very alarming dimensions. A special law on trafficking in people is in the phase of examination.

28-07-2006 European Union in fight against immigration. Consolidation of outside borders, cooperation with third countries, fight against trafficking in people and clandestine work, legalization, repatriation politics, information exchange: these are the priorities of EU action in the field of fight against clandestine immigration, presented by Italian Commissar Franco Frattini and approved by European commission on July 20.

18-07-2006 From web an explicative thesis. “New slaves – criminological aspects of trafficking in people” – this is the name of the thesis written on new forms of slavery that shows the partition of the phenomenon in the third millennium, the causes, flows. The economic element is common to classical form of slavery as well to modern one.

18-07-2006 New reforms in Oman and Arab Emirates. Thanks to two new laws, migrants from Oman and United Arab Emirates are hoping for better life. Both Governments, under the pressure of USA, have decided to review the legislation in the field of worker's rights in view of convenient trade agreements with United States. The reforms of Oman and UAE have given rise to structural reforms of labor-market, which in Arabic countries was driving the worker into a condition of semi-slavery.

11-07-2006 26 African countries against trafficking in people and children’s work. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of Economic Community of Western African countries (Cedeao), expresses his satisfaction for the plan of actions against trafficking in people, undersigned by 26 African countries at Abuja in Nigeria. ''It is for the first time” he says “that such great number of states, representing origin and destination countries for the people victims of trafficking in, meet and come to an agreement''.

11-07-2006 In Milan the European network against trafficking in people and women was presented. It is called Enatw (European network against trafficking woman) and is an European network, created in 2003 and coordinated by Italian association Irene (Iniziative ricerche esperienze nuova Europa – Initiatives research experiences new Europe). It incorporates more than 50 organizations engaged in actions of prevention and fight against trafficking in people and women’s protection, which projects and purposes have been shown today in the headquarter of Lombardia Region in the presence of undersecretary within the Presidency with powers on Rights of citizen and Equal Opportunities, Antonella Maiolo.

05-07-2006 USA, ISP (Internet Service Provider) against pedopornography. Fight against pedopornography on Internet (sometimes concerned with trafficking in, editor’s note NO Human Trade!) are involving formally in the big American providers: AOL, MSN, Earthlink and United Online, which have brought life to the biggest anti-pedoporno alliance of this industry and have created the united system of prevention and fight against pedopornography. A project of million dollars.

05-07-2006 July 14, 2006 – Project NO Human Trade! meets the commissions for Equal Opportunities. The Project NO Human Trade! organizes the meeting with regional commissions for Equal Opportunities on Friday, July 14, 2006, from 14.00 to 18.00 in Rome, to the address 46, via dei Prefetti str.

28-06-2006 Trafficking in people and local authorities: Rome, July 14, round table with ANCI and AICCRE NO Human Trade! in collaboration with ANCI and AICCRE calls the local authorities to a round table on the subject: Trafficking in people and local authorities, roles, competence and experiences in Italy. The meeting is fixed for Friday, July 14 2006 at 9.30 in Rome in the Conference hall ANCI Nazionale at the address 46, via dei Prefetti str., - block A. The Italian legislation in force vest the local authorities with important responsibilities in the field of assistance and social integration of victims of trafficking in people, aimed at various types of exploitation (sexual, labor, begging, etc.). At debates will participate the vice president ANCI; experts of NO Human Trade!; state representatives of Communes, cooperating with the project; the president of the national anti-trafficking coordination Caritas Italia; the national secretary of AICCRE nazionale. Will moderate over the meeting the journalist Gennaro Schettino. The meeting wants to be a beginning of reflections on the subject, which will continue on November 6 at COM-PA in Bologna. The letter of invitation, the program and registration form are offered in attachment.

21-06-2006 Switzerland is ratifying the UN Convention against organized crime and trafficking in people. Switzerland joins to world fight against organized crime. After the Council of States the National Council as well, with 127 votes without demur, have given the go-ahead to the ratification of UN Convention and its two protocols (trafficking in migrants and fight against trafficking in people). It is about new instruments supporting at international level the prevention and contrast of these crimes.

14-06-2006 Annual report on trafficking in people in the world. It is available in the section “documents” of the portal www.trattano.it, the annual “Report on trafficking in people” of US Department of State, research on world spreading of the phenomenon.

14-06-2006 2006 report on world rights, a cry from the heart of the earth. In Rome have been presented the fourth Report on world rights, edited by Sergio Segio. There is analyzed many aspects concerning the economy and changes of labor market, trafficking in people, exploitation of children and right to education, home and health, wars and terrorism, transnational corporations and environmental politics.

07-06-2006 Trafficking in people: Council of Europe, local authorities sign the commitment. Delegates of 19 European municipalities have signed these days within the Council of Europe the declaration of fight against trafficking in people.

07-06-2006 England: alert for children - slaves. In London, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, in all big English cities lives in shadow the army of little slaves. Every year are arriving hundreds, some of being just 6 years old, from Africa, Asia and East Europe, lead by violent gangs and organized traffickers.

31-05-2006 The number of poor children prone to exploitation is growing: UN report on children’s rights. Children, both Italian and foreign more and more are subjected to the risk of exploitation, deviancy, want and poverty, according to the report, diffused some days ago by the Work Group of The UN Convention on Rights for childhood and adolescence (Crc), which puts Italy on the second place by number of poor children in Europe. "It is unheard-of that for many quite serious questions, regarding the conditions of children in Italy, there are no data already for years", underlines the coordinator of Work Group, Arianna Saulini. "Till today it is impossible to determine the number of children, victims of human trade, because the only available data is regarding the issue of residence permits for social reasons and more incomplete are the statistics regarding the abuses to the prejudice of minors".

19-05-2006 Trafficking in people. Permits for victims in Canada. The plan of contrasting the trafficking in people of the Canadian government is opened to measures of social-labor integration. The federative minister of immigration has announced about the issue of temporary residence permits for victims up to 120 days.

19-05-2006 UE: fight against trafficking in people, new agreements between Spain and Portugal. The first vice-minister of Spain Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and Portuguese prime minister Josè Socrates some weeks ago, in Lisbon, have undersigned the mutual agreement on control of migration flows.

19-05-2006 Increasing of trafficking in drugs and people. From two recent reports, on regarding trafficking in people and other one world trafficking in drugs is emerging the dark side of the globalization, which, along with the advantage of larger exchange of commodities and easiness of contracts, is facilitating the transportation of people and goods for illegal purposes. Often the efforts directed to the fight with the phenomenon are complicated by the lack of precise data, due to some countries also, which do not accept they are involved into the phenomenon too.

05-05-2006 UN Report: no one country remains aloof from trafficking in people. According to UN report, presented in Vienna on April 14, 2006, all countries somehow are involved in trafficking in people.

25-04-2006 No Human Trade! Even Rai as social secretariat: Press-Conference, Wednesday may 3, 2006. Are continuing the project actions regarding the Project NO Human Trade! With presentation of contest AlterVideo2006 under the patronage of Rai Social secretariat, within the frameworks of press-conference held on May 3, 2006 at 11.00 in the office of Rai, 14 Mazzini str., Rome.

25-04-2006 No Human Trade! At Civitas: Round Table on Saturday, May 6, 2006 On Saturday May 6, 2006 the Project NO Human Trade! gathered at Civitas to strike a balance of first results and to inform about future actions, but also to show to some europarliamentarians, mass-media and experts in the field its own contribution to a plan of European activities of contrast and prevention of trafficking in people.

13-04-2006 Egypt, alert because of trade of organs. The organ’s trade is prospering because of Egypt’s poverty. In Egypt two millions of children are living, left on their own, on streets, thrown out by parents or run away from maltreatment.

13-04-2006 Bucharest: churches and bodies all together against trafficking Within the bounds of International conference on the subject trafficking in people, held in Bucharest (Rumania) on March 26-30, Torsten Moritz stated that "Nowadays churches all around Europe are called to fight against any form of slavery".

06-04-2006 The new "council for human rights" was born. On March 16 the General Assembly of United Nations made a decision with 170 votes pro, three abstain and four contra – among them also USA – regarding the creation of a new and more effective body for human rights. The new body should substitute the existing UN Geneva Commission. The new Council for Human Rights will consist of 47 countries members, elected directly by General Assemble for three years. The first session will be hold at Geneva on June 19 current year and will have a duty of higher profile, among that the methodical analysis of situation with human rights in every of 191 countries members. Annual sessions will increase from two to three. “It is a revolutionary resolution" – so defined it the UN General Secretary Kofi Annan, while the Swede Jan Eliasson, the author of new body, stated that the new body will allow to promote "the fundamental foundations instituted by UN with the Declaration on human rights". Source: Human rights | Permalink

06-04-2006 The most ancient occupation (and business) on earth. File: “The united market of criminality”. From prostitution to illegal adoptions, the human trade represents a huge and constantly growing circulation of affairs. According to 2001 Euro Commission report, in Western Europe about 120.000 women and children become the aim of trafficking in people. It is an industry with many ramifications that exploits its victims in many fields, like organized begging, illegal adoptions and trade of human organs. But more often the human trade is associated with prostitution. In the file “United marked of criminality” Nathalie Harris distinguishes some outlines of trafficking in people phenomenon. Source: Cafè Babel

30-03-2006 In Riga, Latvia, March 22-25 were discussed European actions on No Human Trade! In Riga on March 22 - 25 within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with participation of representatives of projects-partners Equal of Latvia, Greece and Sweden took place the third meeting AHTNET (Networking Against Human Trafficking, cod 4458), project of European cooperation Equal NO Human Trade! Like any other meeting was made a comparison of situation with implementation of foreseen transnational actions: exhibition on trafficking in subject in Italy on December 6 and in Brussels in May 2007; collected real life stories; a structured path of collection and integration of good practices of intervention and analysis of legislation in the field of prevention and contrast of trafficking in people in each one country. The project will be concluded with a seminar hold in Brussels in May 2007 with presentation of exhibition and good practiced used within the European bodies. For further information please visit the web-site www.ahtnet.org

17-03-2006 March 8: Red Card to trafficking in women. In woman's day, often becoming mere occasion for business, numerous and reliable are the realities have taken opportunity of this feast having the aim to awaken the public opinion on problems that still nowadays lie heavy on women’s condition, in order to launch messages on the subject of trafficking in women. There are some of. – The Parliament of Council of Europe and European Parliament: “RED CARD TO FORCED PROSTITUTION” – European Parliament: 'red card' to women trade - IOM, International Organization for Migration launch the appeal received and supported by colleagues from site Nuove Schiavitù and Unimondo. The appeal that is also the aim of intervention for the project Equal NO Human Trade!, “No to discrimination of trafficking in victims” - In Opera: The parity man-woman is still far from achievement.

08-03-2006 THE BALCANS: MINISTERS OF SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPEN COUNTRIES AGAINST HUMAN TRADE. The ministers of the Interior and Justice from nine south-eastern European countries have set their hand on a document of mutual commitment in order to consolidate the initiatives of fight against human trade, terrorism and organized crime and to have more close collaboration with European Union in this field. This is the result of work day of ministers of South-Eastern Europe Collaboration Process (Seecp) hold on February 8 in Greece. Greece at the moment is in the chair in Seecp, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, FYROM, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey and Serbia and Montenegro are members of. Moldova is observer country. A Is a good practice, which is worth to be considered and adopted.

01-03-2006 THE BALCANS: EVEN ITALIAN GRIFFES INVOLVED IN WORK EXPLOITATION. Over eight years the conditions of work in domestic ateliers in Eastern European countries and Turkey remained in essence invariable: 15 hours a day 6 or 7 work days a week, insufficient salary or under minimal level foreseen by legislation, unreliability, lack of sanitary safe and protection against accidents, sexual molestation and maltreatment, discrimination and anti-union actions are a constancy in the clothing industry for export. It is mentioned in third publication of Clean Clothes Campaign regarding the condition of work in Eastern Europe. And while in Italy on February 18 the Commission for Industry within the Senate have adopted a draft regarding identifiability of Italian products, two Bulgarian woman-workers died these days at Italian shoe factory Euroshoes at 30 km from Sofia.

10-02-2006 MAXI BLIZ AGAINST HUMAN TRADE: 31 ARRESTS. February, 3 2006 came to the end at Crotone the maxi blitz, which have hit against an important criminal organization managing the transfer of African immigrants from Libya to Italy. The operation has been concluded with 31 arrests not only in Crotone, but also in Milan, Florence, Bologna and Rieti. Among accusations are enslavement and sexual violence against women and children. It is also pursuing an investigation of murder of two Nigerian citizens.

16-01-2006 FEBRUARY MONTH OF HUMAN TRADE. THE PROJECT EQUAL NO HUMAN TRADE! WANTS TO KNOW YOUR POINT OF VIEW. Will begin in February a series of seminars on information and awakening to trafficking in people.

12-12-2005 "FIGHT AND PREVENT THE TRADE OF HUMAN BEINGS”- EUROPEAN UNION PLAN. In the Official EU Paper of December, 9 2005 was published the communication of Council.....

07-12-2005 MOLDOVA: Victims of human trade offcasted by relatives. According to recent investigations made by special center for woman’s rights "La Strada" 1/3 of Moldavian citizens considers that victims of human trafficking are themselves guilty of what happened them.....

25-11-2005 Second study day on Project NO Human Trade! in Lecce. "Europe should recognize to trafficked and exploited women the status of human trade victims".

24-11-2005 First press conference of the project NO Human Trade! Another point of view. A project of Program Equal II Phase, meas. 1.2. code IT-S2-210 wants to promote an innovative model of communication and information for a diverse approach to the problem of trafficking in people aimed to sexual exploitation.

24-11-2005 First study day on Project NO Human Trade! in Rome. "Regulations, means and interventions in the field of trafficking in people in Italy".

11-11-2005 Presentation of monitoring campaign for realization of economic, social and cultural rights. Wednesday, November 16 2005 at 16,30 within the International Foundation Lelio Basso, 5 Dogana Vecchia str., Rome, the Committee for promotion and protection of human rights together with ONGs, joined to, will present the monitoring campaign of UN recommendations for realization of economic, social and cultural rights by Italian Government.

09-11-2005 SWITZERLAND: INCREASES THE FIGHT AGAINST THE HUMAN TRADE SWITZERLAND - Stephan Libiszewski, director of Coordinating Agency against the human trade and trafficking in emigrants (SCOTT), had stated that victims make reports to the police seldom.

28-10-2005 Against any slavery, the engagement of Italian government to prevent and fight against trafficking in human beings. Syracuse November 4 - 5. Ms. Minister Prestigiacomo during the conference held in Syracuse on November 4-5, laid down the 5 years budget for implementation of the program of social assistance of women, victims of human trade.

28-10-2005 CENTRAL ASIA: About 1500 victims of trafficking in people. It is known about 1500 cases of trafficking in people for the last year, according to data presented by Nadira Karimova, coordinator of project “Counteraction to human traffic in Central Asia and Uzbekistan”.

09-09-2005 The Balkans, sex market. 13.09.2005 From Skopje, Risto Karajkov writes.