Latvian NGO reveals increase in human trafficking to Syria and Saudi Arabia

  • 2016-04-26
  • BNS/TBT-STAFF/RIGA
Latvian Non Governmental Organisation, Shelter Safe House, has revealed that the number of teenagers being trafficked from Latvia to Syria and Saudi Arabia is on the increase.  One of the NGO’s spokespersons, Sandra Zalcmane, said that the trafficking victims are both male and female. She added they are are being lured to the countries for recruitment to terrorist organisations or sexual exploitation.  On April 26, Zalcmane told the press about a case which was uncovered last in December 2016. A Latvian girl had been i...
 
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