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South Korea Edging Out Japan in Trafficking in Women¹
South Korea is edging out Japan as the new destination of Filipino trafficked women, most of whom are forced into sex trade, a woman rights advocate revealed.

Vietnam and Australia Co-operate in Fight Against Human Trafficking¹
Australia will provide the Vietnamese Border Defence Command with facilities for two rooms for checking passports and other papers.

Helsinki Commission Co-Chairman Praises OSCE Decision
The Co-Chairman of the U.S.

New funding for counter trafficking activities in the Balkans¹
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) is providing an additional US$ 2 million to IOM’s programmes to combat trafficking and provide assistance to victims of trafficking in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo (Serbia Montenegro), the FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia Montenegro and Ukraine.

A Counter Trafficking Web site is launched in Turkey¹
IOM Ankara announced the launch of its new website dedicated to counter-trafficking information and education, part of a comprehensive IOM-implemented counter-trafficking programme in the country.

Comments to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings¹
Addressing the 26th Conference of European Ministers of Justice in Helsinki, Finland on 7-8 April 2005, the Chairperson of the PACE's Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Serhiy Holovaty (Ukraine, LDR), today sounded the alarm referring to the position taken by the European Commission on behalf of 22 member States of the European Community on the draft Council of Europe Convention on the trafficking in human beings.

Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings; Critics to Disconnection Clauses¹
Amnesty International reiterates its call on the institutions and the member states of the European Union and the Council of Europe to cooperate to ensure the highest standards for the protection of human rights.

The Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings Adopted
Council of Europe Convention on action against trafficking in human beings adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 3 May 2005 and Explanatory Memorandum.

UK makes migration and trafficking a priority for EU presidency¹
The United Kingdom's priorities for the European Union presidency include developing an Action Plan on people trafficking (available from the UK Presidency of the EU http://www.eu2005.gov.uk) and working for greater EU-wide police co-operation.

Human Trafficking in Sierra Leone¹
In 2002, a UN report reveals that the coastal West African country had been a source, transit point and destination for human trafficking.

IOM Provides Assistance to Victims of Trafficking in Nigeria¹
The IOM office in Lagos, Nigeria is currently working with Nigeria's National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) and UNICEF to provide assistance to 40 children who were rescued last weekend by the police and the immigration authorities in Lagos State.

New IOM Counter Trafficking Office in Dominican Republic¹
With the extent of human trafficking in the Dominican Republic taking on new dimensions, IOM and the country's National Counter-Trafficking Network have opened a counter-trafficking coordination office.

Indonesia Trafficking Report
In May 2003, ICMC and ACILS jointly published Trafficking of Women and Children in Indonesia.

First Conviction in the Philippines on Human Trafficking Spurs More Initiatives
Additional awareness campaigns are being planned for law enforcement, prosecutors and service providers.

Bangkok Conference Targets Human Traffickers
More than 2,000 victims of human traffickers, most of them women and children, were rescued by Thailand's Ministry of Social Development and Human Security from 2000-2005.