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Since 2011 Syria is a country of origin for women trafficking not just for transiting
3-8-2017
In a special feature today, Al Hayat addressed the subject of human trafficking in Syria exacerbated by the war, with special attention to the sexual harassment of women under many names, like cover up marriages prompted by the family or other parties. Other channels of human trafficking, the newspaper wrote, are international sex slavery networks operational within refugee camps in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan and seeking to lure the largest number of minors into sex work. Al Mustaqbal cited figures issued by the Syrian interior ministry estimating documented human trafficking cases during the past year at 1500 cases. These cases, the newspaper added, are mostly linked to networks outside the country but which have connections with Syrians at home, pointing to a 65% of women victims out of the total detected cases. Deputy Interior Minister, Major General Hassan Maarouf, indicated an increase in the rate of human trafficking crimes, warning, that Syria which once was a transit country for human trafficking, has become one of the countries of origin for this illicit trade. In relation to human organ trafficking, the German newspaper, Der Speigal revealed in 2013 that some displaced Syrians in Lebanon illegally work in human organ trafficking which has swarmed in the black market recently. On the subject, the Syrian Bar Association chief, Nizar Sakif, declared earlier this year that the northern areas, namely Aleppo, are a hotbed of organ trafficking crimes because of their closeness to the Turkish borders where real mafias are active. (Al Hayat, August 3, 2017)
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