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| Najat M'jid Maalla (far right) at September 14, 2009 Vienna meeting on the prevention of human trafficking (Source: OSCE) |
29 October 2010
Scoop Independent News (New York) – Najat M’jid Maalla, UN Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, praised US efforts in disrupting child trafficking networks and increasing trafficker prosecution but called on reform for victim protection. Maalla maintains the US does not offer alternatives to victims and must resort to prosecuting victims for crimes such as prostitution. Maalla believes US trafficking must be addressed with cultural/community perception strategies, deterring victim demand and coordinating/standardizing studies of trafficking to see its US scope. Maalla calls on communication, media, and transportation companies to join official efforts to curb US import-export of victims. Maalla supports the US National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction while also calling for implementation monitoring.
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