Active participation of all must to end human trafficking: PM Oli

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that all should move ahead actively to make the campaign against human trafficking successful.

In a message today on the occasion of 18th National Anti- Human Trafficking Day, Prime Minister Oli extended best wishes, saying this Day could give more inspiration to all to end human trafficking. The Day is being observed today under the slogan, "Commitment of Three-Tier Governments: Solidarity of All against Human Trafficking".

"Human trafficking and smuggling are a heinous crime of human civilization. Nature, form and destination of human trafficking and smuggling have been found continuously changing with the passage of time", reads the message. 

"Most of the women are trafficked while going as domestic workers to the countries where the government has banned foreign employment from Nepal. As well as teenage girls working in the entertainment sector are also at high-risk from the point of view of human trafficking" reads the message.

Prime Minister Oli mentioned that the government has been launching different awareness programs to reduce growing trafficking to children and teenage girls.

The government has been strictly implementing laws formulated to end human trafficking, he explained.