Exact data on trafficking victims not available in ArmeniaMay 8, 2009 - 17:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Trafficking is not only transportation of people abroad, said OSCE special representative for combating traffiking in human being Eva Biaudet at the news conference. According to her, human trafficking is frequently implemented inside the country. Eva Biaudet brought up numerous examples of people exploitation, touched upon all variants of the trade in people and stressed the necessity of comprehensive approach in finding solutions to the problem.Answering the question of a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, what are the main goals of the newly opened Help Center for Trafficking Victims, Eva Biaudet particularly told, that the center is aimed at studying the problem of trafficking in the country. According to her, raised public awareness of all possible options of human trading contributes to its further prevention. The data on trafficking victims on the territory of Armenia is not exact and should be corrected. According to the data of non-governmental organizations, the number of detected crimes in the area of human trafficking was 8 in 2007 and 4 in 2008 in Armenia. Eva Bede also noted, that 80 per cent of trafficking victims are women. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |