In the U.S. State Department report, Armenia appeared in the 30th group among 180 countries in terms of fight against human trafficking, which means that the country signifies the importance of fight against human trafficking, the government is executing serious projects in this direction, and in this regard everything is perfect in the country. In a talk with Aravot.am the former defender of Human Rights, the chairwoman of “Against the Law”
NGO Larisa Alaveryan said this should not encourage us. “Now I do not have the figures, but I have a concern about this issue. I’ve dealt with it a few years ago and it was my belief that the trafficking would not happen in Armenia if it was not concealed by law enforcement agencies then.
It’s hard to imagine Armenia a country of many ways out. I can not imagine that it can be done without criminal cooperation, but what tools and forms of combat are available now, I do not know. At the time I had an opinion formed that our judicial authorities do not work properly with both trafficking victims and the accused and culprits. We should not get encouraged with this report s, because we are talking about a struggle, and not a phenomenon. If we have shown that we have changed the law, or the principle of punishment acted a little more, these are evidences that talk not about the fact that there is no trafficking but about the fact that we are fighting against it.”
Eva HAKOBYAN
