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Friday, September 27, 2013

Mexico ( Women and girls , from six years old , are abducted to be sold over and over again for prostitution )

Drug cartels in Mexico are increasingly engaged in the trafficking of people to diversify their ' revenue ' , resulting in an increase of the victims of exploitation in the country , which are becoming younger . " Heli " , the controversial film about the drug trade in Mexico .
Women and girls , from six years old , are abducted to be sold over and over again for prostitution , until they cease to be a business for his captors , according to reports from civil society organizations fighting to end human trafficking .
The regional director of the Coalition Against Trafficking and Exploitation of Girls and Women in Latin America and the Caribbean , Teresa Ulloa , said that the cases he has treated between August 2012 and August 2013 have been linked to gangs engaged in drug trafficking by 70 % , while 5 % have been killed
 The victims are hooked through online social networks , beauty contests or directly to their home , where they are tricked or , in the worst case , deprived of their liberty and forcibly abducted , according to the Mexican newspaper El Universal .
Pregnancy and threats to children" Now also pregnant and threaten to take away or make something to their children to continue working for them ," stated Ulloa , who points out that victims are often exploited apparently legal in places like restaurants or bars, and that among owners are drug dealers, famous businessmen and politicians or senior public servants who use fake names to offend.
The director in Mexico of the international organization ECPAT ( End Child Sexual Exploitation , by its acronym in English ) , Norma Negrete , explained that some of the victims are just kidnapped migrants passing through the country.
Civil organizations regret that , to date, the Mexican government does not have or make public an assessment of the crime of trafficking in the country , so it is unknown the likely number of victims, the modus operandi of national and international networks dedicated to this illegal activity and the degree of permissiveness by act or omission of the authorities.
If there is a diagnosis, there can be an effective public policy that this crime attack head-on , said Negrete .
In 2007 came into force in the country a federal anti-trafficking law , which was amended and promulgated on June 1, 2012 as a general law , which requires the authorities of all states to take action on the matter , but until now , not been regulated .
In addition , Mexico's 18 states have specific laws on the subject and in all , the offense is included in the Penal Code . " The problem is that all legislation is handled concepts than there is no harmonization and this helps make the crime go unpunished ," stated the Academic Legal Research Institute of the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM ) Javier Benitez.
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