Human trafficking is the most profitable criminal industry nowadays, and Austria has becomes the international human trafficking transit point and destination, Heidrun Silhavy, Austrian Federal Minister for Health and Women said here Friday.
She told a press conference that the criminals get more than 35billion U.S dollars for human trafficking each year according to the statistical data, and the huge pecuniary benefit temptation made this rampant crime increased rapidly. The main victims of the crime are women and children, she said.
Only recent years in Vienna, intercepted children from human trafficking was up to 1,300, according to the statistic of UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund).
Silhavy pointed out that Austria has become main transit point and destination of international human trafficking due to its geographical prepotency in middle Europe. Austria will not turn a blind eye to that, she added.
Besides enhancing international cooperation and striking against human trafficking crimes, the Austrian government will pay special attention to the victims, including providing psychological counseling and physical therapy, as well as the necessary humanitarian residence, Silhavy said.
Moreover, there will be about 2.4 million victims of human trafficking each year, according to the report published by the Task Force of Combat Human Trafficking in Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Friday.
This Saturday is the second "EU-Day against human trafficking."
Source: Xinhua
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