An umbrella term that covers a set of specific legal concepts including forced labour, debt bondage, chattel slavery and other slavery-like practices, human trafficking and forced marriage. It refers to situations of exploitation that a person cannot refuse or leave because of threats, violence, coercion, deception, and/or abuse of power.
In the late hours of the night, the RADAR detected a boat in the territorial waters of Aruba. In good cooperation with KPA and the coast guard, the boat named “Ellegua” was intercepted with 7 undocumented migrants.
The Netherlands’ approach to criminal exploitation – in which victims are forced to do something illegal, like kids forced to deliver drugs or people with intellectual disabilities forced to cut cannabis plants – is failing, according to the Center for Child- and Human Trafficking (CKM)
On December 13, 2022, two undocumented migrants were detained in Pos Chikito.
During our activities in connection with the National Day against Human Trafficking on October 18th, the representative of the US State Department J-TIP Office for the Caribbean and South America, ms Sarah Jennings, visited Aruba
On December 5th, 2022 the last documents were signed to start with the research into the possible connection between guarantors and human trafficking
Coordination Center on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Aruba (CMMA) has its website
www.cmmaruba.com
Visit the website and learn more about human trafficking, how to recognize it, and, most importantly, what to do if you suspect someone is a victim of human trafficking. This abuse occurs even without you realizing it. Let’s open our eyes wider and stay more alert to combat human trafficking.
The yearly TIP Report ranks countries in a Tier system based on their achievements in the field of fighting human trafficking in the year before.
This Action Plan describes the ambitions of the Aruban government regarding combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling for the years 2018 -2022.
Memorandum of understanding between de countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on cooperation to prevent and combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling