Services fail to pick up signals of human trafficking: report - DutchNews.nl

Services fail to pick up signals of human trafficking: report - DutchNews.nl

Police, labour inspectors and the military police are failing in their task to tackle human trafficking, national rapporteur Conny Rijken...

Minister Eddy van Hijum (Social Affairs and Employment) hopes that the Lower House will soon consider a law to combat human trafficking. He said this in response to a study by the National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against Children. This rapporteur reported on Thursday that investigative services often fail to pick up signals of human trafficking.

Evidence of human trafficking often badly handled by investigators, says gov’t advisor

The Dutch investigative authorities too often let evidence of human trafficking slide, the National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against Children concluded in a new study. The police, the Dutch Labor Inspectorate, and the Koninklijke Marechaussee receive countless signals that could indicate human trafficking, but the follow-up to these signals varies greatly, rapporteur Conny Rijken said.