News about human trafficking: events, facts and developments on tafs uz.
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After a police operation in Guinea-Bissau on October 21, dozens of victims of a network that lured people with promises of jobs and migration to Europe were freed. Among the victims are citizens of Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone. A week after being freed, many remain in Bissau without money to return home.
Aziz KarimovThe European Commission has unveiled a six-priority strategy against human trafficking: technology, cooperation with the private sector, combating organised crime, migration risks, crisis preparedness and protection of vulnerable people. According to the EC, more than 20,000 victims were registered in the EU in 2023–2024 — an increase of 16.1%.
Otabek YusupovDilfuza Shodieva, deputy director of the Center for Combating Human Trafficking, told Kun.uz about the case of an Uzbek woman whom a relative took to Turkey with a promise of work as a nanny, after which she was sold. The woman was held for eight years, forced into prostitution, and pressured through her child when she resisted. She was discovered during a police operation and returned to Uzbekistan through IOM with two children who had no documents.
Aziz Karimov
