Statistics of human trafficking-related crimes released in Azerbaijan

A total of 71 human trafficking cases were registered and 18 groups and one organized group was neutralized and totally 65 criminals were unmasked in Azerbaijan in the past period of 2009, a report by the National Coordinator on Combating Human Trafficking said.

The report said 47 of 82 human trafficking victims, including one child were sent to the rehabilitation centers where they received legal, medical and psychological assistance.

Most of them were reintegrated into the society; 17 were provided with jobs and 32 were sent to the different vocational courses where they received certificates.

Azerbaijan Owners Confederation supported 9 of them

“Children received relevant assistance and one of them was placed to the boarding school by the Ministry of Education and three – to the kindergartens.

Significant measures were taken to improve work toward legal, medical and psychological aid to the human trafficking victims and additional health centers were created to provide them with medical aid.

Most of the victims were checked up and received necessary aid.

A total of 76 human trafficking victims received single money compensations, 43 received aid from the Human Trafficking Victims Support Fund and according to the court decisions 11 people received compensation for material damage they suffered as a result of crimes.

Eight of 5,163 calls received on hotline were about human trafficking, 27 – about immoral places and involvement in prostitution.

Other calls were about the job searches and education in foreign countries, marriages with foreigners and etc.

About 160 people were brought to justice for 217 criminal cases, including 72 involvements in prostitution, 134 keeping the immoral places.

As many as 749 women involved in prostitution were administratively punished; 1,185 people were brought to justice for 1298 human trafficking facts found out in 2005-2008 and in the past period of this year.

A total of 192 criminal groups, including 15 organized groups were neutralized.

/APA/