08 January 2007, 20:18
The USA help Armenia to fight trafficking
Within the framework of the Programme "Fighting Trafficking in Armenia," 25 victims of trafficking have been rendered medical, psychological and legal aid. This fact was to journalists by Enok Shatvoryan, Chairman of the "Hope and Help" public organization, participating in realization of the Programme.
In his words, 21 persons of the group are citizens of Armenia, and four - of Ukraine. Eleven of them became trafficking victims in Turkey, eight - in the United Arab Emirates, four - in Armenia and two - in Russia. 23 out of 25 trafficking victims were subjected to sexual exploitation, and two - to labour one.
We note here that the Programme "Fighting Trafficking in Armenia" was carried out with financial support of the Department for Fighting Drugs Circulation and legal cooperation of the US Embassy to Armenia from September 2005 and was completed at the very end of last year.
