2011-06-13 16:11:36

An Albanian perspective on trafficking


Members of “Talitha Kum” the International Network of Consecrated Life Against Trafficking in Persons have ended their coordination meeting in Rome. Participants from across the globe were busy drawing up a plan of action for the coming two years, exchanging information and sharing experience in their aim to prevent the trafficking of persons and to assist victims of a growing criminal phenomen.

Linda Bordoni spoke to Good Shepherd Sister Mirjam Beike, a German-born Sister who works as a missionary in Albania before the meeting ended. She spoke of the nature of persons trafficking in Albania, which she says is mainly focussed on prostitution, and pointed out that women are not only being trafficked outside of the country, but also from poorer, rural areas, to big cities inside the country. She spoke of the work of the sisters committed to helping the victims and preventing the crime, and of the importance of coordination between the sisters across the globe. Sister Mirjam also said Albania has a good law in the prevention of persons trafficking, but it needs more instruments, both economic and cultural, to be able to implement it properly …
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