More action needed to prevent human trafficking

PSNews – From November 2018 to February 2022, the advising and supporting hotline for victims of human trafficking in Vietnam received over 9,000 calls, including over 1,000 requests for psychological consultancy, support policy and services for victims.

The above figures were given at the workshop on preventing and combating human trafficking and repatriating trafficked women co-hosted by the Ministry of Public Security and the Vietnam Women’s Union in August in Hue City.

According to Senior Colonel Pham Van Toan, Head of the Criminal Police Division under the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Police Department, in recent times, human traffickers often used social networks such as Zalo, Facebook to connect with the victims. The criminals with fake names offered young women well-paid jobs or helped  them get married to rich foreigners.

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In particular, human traffickers induced victims to work in Cambodia with an offer of an easy job and high income. After illegally being taken to Cambodia, the victim was forced to work at illegal establishments like online gambling, slavery work, prostitution. If they want to return home, their families should have pay big ransoms.

Acccording to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Truong Son at the Thua Thien Hue Criminal Police Division, the local police force had been reported on 16 workers who had gone to Cambodia but their families had not contacted them. Currently, 9 victims have returned home safely, but their families had had to pay a ransom of 45 to 160 million VND for each worker.

In order to prevent human trafficking, the Women’s Union chapters in Thua Thien Hue Province have set up 23 communication models on human trafficking prevention and control, especially in mountainous areas sharing the border with Laos.

The Thua Thien Hue Women’s Union organization also maintains the “Peaceful Home” to support victims of human trafficking, and collaborates with the International Organization for Migration and KOICA to pilot the project of a one-stop service office (OSSO) to support returned migrant women and their families in the five provinces and cities of Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Can Tho, Hau Giang and Hanoi.

Since its establishment, OSSO officers have counseled and supported nearly 40 returned migrant workers.

By An Nhien

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