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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Somalia.htm
Scope and Magnitude. Information
regarding trafficking in Somalia remains extremely difficult to obtain or
verify; however, the Somali territory is believed to be a source, transit,
and perhaps destination country for trafficked men, women, and children. In
Somali society, certain groups are traditionally viewed as inferior and are
marginalized; Somali Bantus and Midgaan are
sometimes kept in servitude to other more powerful Somali clan members as
domestics, farm laborers, and herders. During the year, the widespread use of
children in fighting forces in the country was noted; - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons
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CAUTION: The following links
have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation in ***
FEATURED ARTICLE *** Human Trafficking: Greed and the Trail of
Death The Independent, 5/25/2006 www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=8393 [accessed 23 December 2010] The human
trafficking trade out of Dozens corpses are
found floating in the Arabian Sea every month, often with gunshot wounds,
often with hands tied behind their back - victims of traffickers who have
jettisoned their cargo in the most final way. ***
ARCHIVES *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/somalia.htm [accessed 23 December 2010] INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Children are also conscripted by armed Somali
militias and used for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Boys as young as 14 or 15 have participated
in combat and many belong to gangs who raid indiscriminately. Trafficking networks exist that transport
children to Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, March 8, 2006 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61592.htm [accessed 23 December 2010] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS
– The pre-1991 law prohibits trafficking; however, there were reports of
trafficking during the year. The unimplemented TFC does not specifically
prohibit trafficking. Puntland was noted by human
rights organizations as an entry point for trafficking. The UNIE reported
that trafficking in persons remained rampant in National Union of Somali Journalists ( allafrica.com/stories/200801080456.html [partially accessed 23 December 2010 -
access restricted] The National Union
of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is strongly condemning the arrest of Journalist
Idle Moallim in Bossasso
on 5 January 2008 by the police force of Idle Moallim, a freelance journalist, was arrested when the Puntland asked him several times where he came from and
what reports he prepared about Human Trafficking of people travelling from Bossasso to the Gulf by boat. The authorities
detain him in the central detention centre in Bossasso. Human Trafficking: Greed and the Trail of
Death The Independent, 5/25/2006 www.crin.org/violence/search/closeup.asp?infoID=8393 [accessed 23 December 2010] The human
trafficking trade out of Dozens corpses are
found floating in the Arabian Sea every month, often with gunshot wounds,
often with hands tied behind their back - victims of traffickers who have
jettisoned their cargo in the most final way. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 7 Civil
Liberties: 7 Status: Not Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/somalia [accessed 28 June 2012] Human Rights
Overview Human Rights Watch [accessed 23 December 2010] Library of Congress Call Number DT401.5
.S68 1993 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/sotoc.html [accessed 23 December 2010] SUMMARY - Extreme underdevelopment UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, Somalia 2004 Appeal www.un.org/depts/ocha/cap/somalia.html [accessed 23 December 2010] Somalis still face
extreme poverty and underdevelopment. They consistently rank among the lowest
in the world on key indicators of human development, life expectancy, per
capita income, malnutrition and infant mortality. Somalis also suffer
widespread human rights violations, including: murder, rape, looting and
destruction of property, child soldiering, kidnapping, discrimination against
minorities, torture, female genital mutilation, unlawful arrest and
detention, and denial of due process. All
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