{"id":1124,"date":"2012-12-19T12:08:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T11:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecpat.be\/2012\/12\/19\/child-trafficking-widespread-and-unpunished-2\/"},"modified":"2017-12-20T17:30:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T16:30:46","slug":"child-trafficking-widespread-and-unpunished-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecpat.be\/en\/child-trafficking-widespread-and-unpunished-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Child trafficking: widespread and unpunished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our colleague from ECPAT UK, Colin Walker, was interviewed on Euronews On the Frontline news programme about the EU Directive on Trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Selling children into slavery \u2013 it is one of the world\u2019s most heinous crimes and it is on the rise.\u00a0By its very nature, trafficking is extremely hard to quantify \u2013 conservative estimates put the number of children trafficked globally at 1.2 million and those who are forced into slavery at 5.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>In this edition our guests are Colin Walker, Deputy Director of the UK branch of the NGO ECPAT leading rights organisation for children, and Rani Hong, UN.GIFT Special Advisor on human trafficking and founder of the Tronie Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2012\/12\/12\/child-trafficking-widespread-and-unpunished\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Euronews<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright ECPAT Belgique &#8220;Stop \u00e0 l&#8217;exploitation sexuelle commerciale des enfants&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our colleague from ECPAT UK, Colin Walker, was interviewed on Euronews On the Frontline news programme about the EU Directive on Trafficking. &nbsp; Selling children into slavery \u2013 it is one of the world\u2019s most heinous crimes and it is on the rise.\u00a0By its very nature, trafficking is 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