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"en.20010612.6.2-129"2
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"The division of poverty and welfare among countries and among groups within one country is becoming increasingly unfair. A growing number of people in the richest countries attaches more importance to earning as much money as possible than to the well-being of their fellow men and the protection of the environment. This brings out the worst in people. Although colonial slavery was abolished 140 years ago, new forms of slavery are now emerging rapidly. Many women and children from Eastern Europe and the Third World, in search of a better life, fall into the hands of new slave drivers during their journey to richer countries. These seek to make money by forcing others into providing involuntary sexual services. Tough measures are needed, not to punish the victims, but to make it impossible for the profiteers to continue in their criminal activities. I welcome the fact that the proposal draws a distinction between the granting of humanitarian aid to people without the required paperwork and trafficking in human beings, that a compensation fund will be set up for victims, which is to be financed from confiscated, illegal profits, and that victims and witnesses are to be protected. I can therefore support the basic ideas of the Klamt report, although I share Mrs Sörensen’s concern that, with this proposal too, the Mafiosi, which have a genuine vested interest in this kind of activity, will continue to remain too much out of range."@en1
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