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53 human trafficking victims suspected among deported in February
July 6, 2004
Fifty-three of the 3,517 people who were deported by immigration bureaus across
the country in February were probably victims of human trafficking, a
government reply issued at a Cabinet meeting has stated.
The government said 34 of the suspected victims were from Thailand, 16 from the
Philippines, and one each from South Korea, Indonesia and Colombia. It is the
first time the government has provided concrete figures on the number of
victims.
The government also announced that 144 people, including 83 Japanese, have been
indicted over human trafficking.
The government's reply was given in response to questions by House of
Councillors Member Satoshi Inoue.
Last month the United States placed Japan on a human trafficking watch list,
with the U.S. State Department downgrading its assessment of Japan's efforts to
prevent human trafficking to the lowest level of all Group of Eight countries
in its fiscal 2004 annual report.
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