People smuggling

UN Security Council Calls for Fight Against Human Trafficking

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted on Tuesday a resolution calling for a stronger crack down on human trafficking and modern slavery worldwide.

The document particularly condemned the sale of people by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, ISIS, and violations and abuses by Boko Haram, Al Shabaab, the Lord’s Resistance Army and similar groups for the purpose of sexual slavery, sexual exploitation and forced labor.

The resolution is the product of a debate held by the 15-member Security Council on the issue of human trafficking which is believed to raise US$ 150 billion in illegal profits annually.

The Council reaffirmed “its condemnation, in the strongest terms, of all instances of trafficking in persons, especially women and children, who made up the vast majority of all trafficking victims in areas affected by armed conflict.”