TRNC Bar Association makes urgent call for effective anti-trafficking laws
The Turkish Cypriot Bar Association has stressed the need for better laws to support victims of human trafficking and to improve how these...
Showing posts with label Human Trafficking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Human Trafficking. Show all posts
TRNC ‘did nothing’ to fight human traffickers who forced students and foreigners into prostitution and forced labor
No human trafficker in north Cyprus was investigated or prosecuted in 2023, nor was any victim offered any shelter, a US State Department ...
There is a gang who brings women to the TRNC for education but force them into prostitution after being forced to swear before a deity
Few months ago, local media, Yeniduzen wrote about the issues of human trafficking and prostitution by foreigners in North Cyprus. Yeniduz...
Two Syrian men to be jailed by British bases authority for trying to smuggle two Congolese men into Cyprus
A number of human traffickers will be jailed for a combined total of three years for attempting to smuggle Middle Eastern and African nati...
Man sentenced to jail in south Cyprus for buying sex from human trafficking victim
A court in south Cyprus last week convicted a man who paid to have sex with a human trafficking victim, a first ruling of its kind. The ru...
Stop human traffickers, Pope Francis says after Italy’s migrant shipwreck
Pope Francis on Sunday called on authorities to stop human traffickers operating in the Mediterranean, as he expressed his sorrow over las...
NAPTIP, Turkish rights group raise alarm on trafficking of Nigerians to Northern Cyprus
Around 70 percent of human trafficking cases in North Cyprus involve Nigerians who come to the TRNC as students, Nigerian online newspaper...
North Cyprus show poor record in human trafficking prevention
The TRNC continues to have a poor record in preventing human trafficking. According to a report on people trafficking published for 2022 by...
Students are mostly victims of human trafficking
A TRNC member of parliament, has questioned the issue of “Higher Education and Human Trafficking” in the country, calling on the authorities...
North Cyprus offers no protection against human trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2020 Trafficking in Persons report showed that by 2018 there were around 48,578 victi...
17 people arrested for human trafficking while crossing to south Cyprus illegally
17 people are bring tried in the TRNC for human trafficking while attempting to enter southern Cyprus illegally. The 17 people were arrested...
North Cyprus fails to tackle Human Trafficking - US report
In March 2020, The TRNC Parliament amended the “TRNC criminal code” to include trafficking for the first time and Parliament also passed t...
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