Cameroon: Combating Human Trafficking

The American Bar Association yesterday conducted a training programme for police, judges and prosecutors about trafficking in persons.

During the 18th and 19th century, Slave Trade was progressively abolished. Many people, particularly those sold as slaves thought the dark days of slavery were gone. Far from it! People have devised other forms to continue with what the world had put an end some 200 years back. Trafficking in persons, also known as "human trafficking" is a current form of modern-day slavery. Traffickers often prey on individuals who are poor, frequently unemployed or underemployed, and who may lack access to social safety nets, predominantly women and children in certain countries. Victims are often lured with false promises of good jobs and better lives, and then forced to work under brutal and inhuman conditions.

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