Week of Combating Human Trafficking kicks off in Macedonia

Methods for perpetrating criminal acts related  to human trafficking are being modified, but deceit is the most dominant one, Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska said Friday at a press conference, which formally kicked off the Week of Combating Human Trafficking in Macedonia.

Eleven human trafficking victims, including six children and two female foreigners, have been registered in Macedonia this year. Criminal charges have been brought against 36 people for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Eleven of them already served prison sentences for similar crimes.

"The efforts we have been making along with our non-governmental and international partners are the one and only correct approach towards eliminating the human trafficking - the most brutal form of annihilating the human freedom and dignity," Jankuloska said.

Over 50 events in 10 cities across Macedonia will be organized during the anti-human trafficking week, aimed at mobilizing the efforts of the entire society for combat against human trafficking.