Interpol - October 2, 2007
Interpol aims to end the abuse and exploitation of
human beings for financial gain. Women from developing countries and young
children all over the world are especially vulnerable to trafficking, smuggling
or sexual exploitation.
Trafficking in women for sexual exploitation
is a multi-billion-dollar business which involves citizens of most countries
and helps sustain organized crime. A violation of human rights, it destroys
the lives of its victims.
Human trafficking is distinct from people smuggling
in that it involves the exploitation of the migrant, often for purposes of
forced labour and prostitution.
People smuggling implies the procurement, for
financial or material gain, of the illegal entry into a state of which that
person is neither a citizen nor a permanent resident. Criminal networks which
smuggle and traffic in human beings for financial gain increasingly control
the flow of migrants across borders.
Child sexual exploitation on the Internet ranges
from posed photos to visual recordings of brutal sexual crimes. One of Interpol's
main tools for helping police fight this type of crime is the Interpol Child
Abuse Image Database (ICAID). Created in 2001, it contains hundreds of thousands
of images of child sexual abuse submitted by member countries, thereby
facilitating the sharing of images and information to assist law enforcement
agencies with the identification of new victims.
No comments:
Post a Comment