UAE News Agency (WAM), Monday 31 May 2010
Abu Dhabi Police Hold Symposium On
Dangers Of Human Trafficking
Abu Dhabi, WAM:
The General Headquarters of Abu Dhabi Police tackles all forms of human
trafficking crimes and seeks to adopt comprehensive preventive security strategy
to curb the crime and bring perpetrators to books, said Col. Dr Rashid Mohammed
Burasheed, head of the organized crime at the Criminal Investigation Department
(CID) at Abu Dhabi Police.
This came during a symposium held by the department today at Aloft Hotel Abu
Dhabi, on the risks of human trafficking. The five-day forum is attended by
representatives from the ministries of Interior and Labor , Abu Dhabi Public
Prosecution, National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, Shelter Centers and
Police College.
The symposium is being held under directives of the Deputy Prime Minister,
Minister of Interior Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Burasheed noted that the forum, which is
organized under patronage of Major General Mohammed bin Al Awadhi, director
general of Human Resources, acting director general of police operations, aims to increase awareness about the
human trafficking issue, expand information database and statistical reports on
the phenomenon and increase of technical assistance in this field and forging
partnerships in coordination with the local and international competent
authorities to effectively deal with the issue.
He reiterated that dealing with the human trafficking problem is a national
responsibility and one of the most pressing issues grabbing the local, regional
and international attention due to its devastating effect on communities.
Burasheed disclosed that the CID is working closely with the competent
authorities to strike strategic partnerships to prevent the crime and bring
offenders to justice.
Lt. Col. Dr Khalid Saeed Al Naqbi, a lecturer at police college, delivered a
lecture on the human trafficking crime, indicating that " it is a form of modern
bondage", citing that 1- 2 million people are being traded worldwide, of whom
150, 000 people are from South Asia and 250, 000 people from South East Asia.
He underscored that the human trafficking is a violation to human rights as
victims undergo physical mistreatment and social stigma. He cited the ways
adopted by perpetrators, among others, coercion, sexual abuse, beating, freedom
restriction, confinement in inhuman circumstances, fake work contracts, fake
marriage and others.
Al Naqbi shed light on the United Nations protocol on banning human trafficking
and the federal law number 3 of year 1987, the federal law number 51 of year
2006, and the federal law number 39 of year 2006 on international cooperation in
the criminal laws, which punished the human trafficking crimes.
He noted that the human trafficking crimes are mainly world organized crimes,
which are mostly found in the poorest areas in the world and left impact on
urban areas, adding that the crime requires concerted international efforts,
calling on all authorities to cooperate with police to deal with the crime.
The federal law number 51 of year 2006 on anti human trafficking is the first of
its kind across the Arab world. It was enacted in coordination with the federal
laws pertaining to the entry and residency of foreigners' law, as well labor
relation regulation laws.
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