Madeleine McCann by Danny Collins

Author:Danny Collins [Danny Collins]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786065179
Publisher: John Blake Publishing
Published: 2017-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

The Moroccan

Connection

The Kingdom of Morocco is located in North West Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the desert of the Sahara to the south and Algeria on its south-eastern border. The capital city is Rabat, but by far the most famous city is Casablanca.

With regard to Morocco’s involvement in child-trafficking, the US State Department issued the following Trafficking in Persons Report in June 2007:

Morocco is a source country for children trafficked internally for the purposes of domestic servitude and, to a lesser extent, commercial sexual exploitation. Morocco is also a source, transit and destination country for women and men trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude. Young Moroccan girls from rural areas are recruited to work as child maids in cities, but often face conditions of involuntary servitude, including restrictions on movement, non-payment of wages, threats, and physical or sexual abuse. Moroccan boys and girls are exploited in prostitution within the country and are increasingly victims of a growing child sex tourism problem. Moroccan girls and women are trafficked internally and to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Syria, the U.A.E., Cyprus, and European countries for commercial sexual exploitation.

In addition, men and women from sub-Saharan Africa, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan often enter Morocco voluntarily, but illegally, with the assistance of smugglers. Once in Morocco, some women are coerced into commercial sexual exploitation to pay off smuggling debts, while men may be forced into involuntary servitude.

The Government of Morocco fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Morocco continues to prosecute child sex trafficking crimes, and in January 2007 it initiated a public awareness campaign to educate Moroccans about the consequences of employing child maids. The Secretary of State for Family, Solidarity, and the Handicapped announced a National Plan of Action for Children for 2006–2015 to protect children from mistreatment, violence, and exploitation by creating child protection units around the country.

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