Trafficking tough to tame in Gulf - Dubai/UN Conference
Lin Noueihed; 25/2/08
Aysha sold her wedding gold to pay traffickers $200 to find her and a cousin jobs in Dubai. A world away from her village in Uzbekistan, she was forced to work in a disco and expected to offer sex. Beaten by her Uzbek boss when she shooed prospective clients away, she and her cousin fled and hid in airport toilets for two days, surviving on tap water. Aysha’s story reveals the dark underbelly of glitzy, fast-paced Dubai, the Gulf Arab trade and tourism hub. It also highlights a problem that bedevils many states in the region and is a bone of contention with their close ally the United States. The 26-year-old, who only identified herself as Aysha for fear the traffickers would hurt her family, supports her son and sick mother back home.
See: http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=5946
Workshop to fight human trafficking
25/2/08
A two-day workshop on combating human trafficking was opened on Sunday. Organised by the United Nations Office for Combating Drugs and Crimes, and the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi, the workshop will focus on the fundamentals of investigation and suing people involved in human trafficking.Dr Hadef Jua’an Al Daheri, Minister of Justice, opened the workshop in the presence of Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking.
See: http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Society/10192541.html